fusillade

Example Sentences

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Amid the fusillade of terrible headlines this year, one pierced my nerdy heart.

From Los Angeles Times

Even fusillades of tiny pops from escaping air proved evocative, as the frozen world gave way to heat.

From New York Times

In this context, the noise and clamoring of the media, the fusillade of poisonous opinion mongering, the silence of the lamppost video felt almost sacral.

From Washington Post

With protesters in Lima facing a nearly daily fusillade of tear gas, more people have joined the ranks of deactivators trying to shield them and keep the demonstrations going.

From Seattle Times

And at the scene of the shooting, investigators recovered 42 shell casings — one for each of the bullets Tran fired in his fusillade — a handgun manufactured in China and a large-capacity magazine, Luna said.

From Los Angeles Times