fusillade

Example Sentences

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Chinese officials directed a rhetorical fusillade at Ms. Takaichi, and have ratcheted up economic pressure by discouraging Chinese tourism to Japan and restricting rare-earth mineral exports.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

In the unprecedented wind-driven fires of January, a fusillade of embers flew from burning hillside brush to neighborhoods, igniting houses and any fencing and furniture around them that would burn.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2025

This fusillade of explosions in quick succession produces a powerful galactic wind blowing gas out of the galaxy.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 8, 2024

The Fed said it would hold rates steady to give more time to see how its fusillade of hikes over the last 15 months is affecting the economy.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2023

That points to something wider: while the fusillade of insults moves its object out of the embrace of the community, it seeks to move its speaker closer to the center.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith