onslaught
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Her daughter convinced her to go after an onslaught in May shook their building.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Buried in his latest verbal onslaught was an acceptance that the talks will continue.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
“There’s been this kind of onslaught from the Pentagon that all comes in the context of the two-plus decades of the war on terror.”
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
If your child is a university student, they will face an onslaught of credit-card offers that are designed “just for them.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 12, 2026
“The onslaught of selfies is really important; if I go two minutes on Instagram without seeing your face, I’d probably forget what you look like.”
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
In October, the South American country unveiled its first drone battalion to counterattack and defend against drone onslaughts.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
One drone he pilots can throw up an effective cloak of invisibility against electronic onslaughts, but others he has trained on don’t hold up well in that domain, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 13, 2025
Knight, Sciver-Brunt, Jones and Gibson or Kemp are capable of providing brutal onslaughts if they have the comfort of a solid platform behind them.
From BBC ● May 20, 2024
"This funding is critical to stopping those onslaughts, hardening Ukraine’s cyber defences and increasing the country’s ability to detect and disable the malware targeted at them."
From Reuters ● Jun. 18, 2023
And, in fact, Bobby had diligently prepared for his opponent’s onslaughts.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Vocabulary lists containing onslaught
Words from "The Avengers"
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, "A Date That Will Live In Infamy" (1941)
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"The Diary of Anne Frank," Vocabulary from the drama
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