salvo
Example Sentences
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This does not have to be an opening salvo in a cold war with your family and/or coded message to your sister.
From MarketWatch
TOKYO—Japan’s cabinet has approved $135 billion of stimulus to help households cope with rising living costs and boost economic growth, launching the first fiscal salvo under new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
That moment in Birmingham has been one of the few opening salvos to go the way of England, however.
From BBC
That early salvo -- the first time in World Series history a team has hit back-to-back lead off home runs -- handed the Blue Jays a lead they would never relinquish.
From Barron's
Russia has long sketched out nuclear-war plans that include hitting the U.S. with salvos of subsonic cruise missiles comparable to the U.S.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
