barrage
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Her post was met with a barrage of heated comments.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
"Given that the peak of this barrage coincides with a period of widespread cooling and major shifts in our biosphere, it is tempting to suggest that the former produced the latter," Bottke said.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
Starting at 6:30 a.m., she will take a barrage of tests: She’ll spit in a tube, check her temperature and measure her heart-rate variability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
South Africa's Zulu king has expressed "deep" regret after a leaked video captured him hurling a barrage of insults at one of his wives.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
The fire ant suddenly became the target of a barrage of government releases, motion pictures, and government-inspired stories portraying it as a despoiler of southern agriculture and a killer of birds, livestock, and man.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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Recent barrages have left even hardened residents shaken and sent them fleeing to shelters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
On the water, teenagers jostle for control of an inflatable mattress -- the kind taken down sleep on in underground metro stations during Russia's nightly barrages.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
The IDF said two barrages of missiles were detected and intercepted.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
In Obeid, capital of North Kordofan, near-daily drone barrages have imposed a furtive rhythm to residents’ lives, making every trip to the market, school, health clinic or a relative’s home a gamble.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026
The Allies, after much trial and error, learned to use their tanks effectively in coordination with artillery barrages, infantry assaults, and—toward the end of the war—attacks by low-flying aircraft.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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At an annual meeting of financial-aid administrators hosted by the Education Department’s Office of Federal Student Aid earlier this year, people who work in college financial aid barraged government officials with questions about the change.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
King, after he produced “Bohemian Rhapsody,” was barraged with proposals for films about other musical artists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
United were barraged by jeers from furious fans following the latest miserable result in another troubled season.
From Barron's ● Jan. 11, 2026
He said it was unfair that the company’s workers had been barraged with threats, even as they grieved the loss of a colleague.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2024
As our confusion turned to shock and anger, we barraged the little man with questions.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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Aymann Ismail knew something was up when his Egyptian mom started barraging him with Piers Morgan clips.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2023
On the pass protection front, Pleasant — a 6-foot, 225-pound battering ram — credited his history as a high school defensive back with helping him to stone barraging blitzers.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2021
They started barraging her with questions about her outfit, and how she’d prepare.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 2021
Many more mayoral hopefuls are barraging labor leaders for their support, with one key union already committed: Scott M. Stringer, the city comptroller, landed an early endorsement from a union representing 45,000 retail workers.
From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2020
Seven and Thorn did as she said, surrounding the Nightbeast as best they could and barraging it with combat spells as fast as they could go.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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