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Homeland Security highlighted the arrests of five people, calling them “the opening salvo in a sustained, large-scale ICE operation.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

As Robert O’Connell wrote this week, that was just the opening salvo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

Martínez-Olguín’s order came after a hearing in Oakland on Friday that represented a first salvo between the two sides in the fight over a merger that would dramatically reshape the entertainment industry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Another drone salvo hit the Caspian Pipeline Consortium's terminal near the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk -- a key export route for Kazakh oil, partly owned by Chevron and Shell.

From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026

I hung my head in shame, expecting a salvo of laughter.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

With the official status of talks between Washington and Tehran uncertain and ahead of a meeting in Pakistan on Monday with key regional players, daily salvoes of strikes across the region have continued unabated.

From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026

Aware of the threat, Mr Ramaphosa fired salvoes at his predecessor, without naming him.

From BBC ● May 26, 2024

Certain Russian and Chinese submarines can fire salvoes of precision-guided cruise missiles from afar, potentially overwhelming carrier-fleet anti-missile defense.

From Reuters ● Mar. 9, 2017

The tone of the early salvoes dismayed Noura Bittar Søborg, a Syrian asylum seeker who fled Homs in 2011 and has managed to bring her father, mother and younger sister to Denmark.

From The Guardian ● May 30, 2015

Volley after volley the attacking party fired, till at last their salvoes dwindled down to a few sputtering shots, and then ceased entirely.

From Into the Unknown A Romance of South Africa by Lawrence Fletcher

We are already seeing the first salvos of this escalated warfare.

From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026

The first salvos in a drone attack help to identify the location of Russian air-defense systems, allowing the Ukrainians to determine where other unmanned aerial vehicles can find a way through, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

The statement said the latest salvos were in response to attacks on its own steel industries.

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

That moment in Birmingham has been one of the few opening salvos to go the way of England, however.

From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2025

Every day, the first minutes of class would be filled by harsh salvos of criticism aimed at Mr. Loring’s round, assailable figure leaning against his lectern.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy