onslaught
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Villarreal: It won’t look as elegant as you, Sarah, but talk to me about finding that walk because, like you said, it shifts from when the onslaught happens.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
The onslaught of positive tech news was enough to crowd out conflicting information coming out of the Middle East.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
But over the past couple of weeks, Elon Musk, OpenAI President Greg Brockman and others have faced an onslaught of inquiries.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
"Pakistan's ability to weather the initial Indian onslaught played to its strategic advantage, even though it is less clear what would have happened if the conflict had continued," Markey told the BBC.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Some unfortunate just behind him was pulled out to help hold off the onslaught which must surely come within two or three days, while the last of the BEF was piling into the boats.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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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