onslaught
Example Sentences
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"I just couldn't believe it, it was just picture after picture... after opening the messages and social media it was an onslaught from the beginning really," she said, speaking from an undisclosed location.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Faced with the Russian onslaught, Ukraine’s defense companies have also mastered the art of manufacturing cheap products in vast quantities, as constant feedback from front-line units improves performance and counters Russian innovation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
Once the earnings onslaught fades, though, there will be little else to distract investors from the long-term damage the conflict has wreaked on the global oil market.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
The 2025-26 Broadway season was characterized by long fallow periods interrupted by an onslaught of eagerly awaited openings.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
Then there was Chancellorsville, where handsome Joe Hooker folded helplessly before Lee’s onslaught, and in the early summer of’63, papers that had expressed admiration for his spirit and confidence were screaming for his head.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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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