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Martínez-Olguín’s order came after a hearing in Oakland on Friday that represented a first salvo between the two sides in the fight over a merger that would dramatically reshape the entertainment industry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

But it was the sight of loosehead prop Ox Nche stampeding through Ollie Chessum and Jamie George, with the England defence desperately, vainly backpedalling, that summed up a brutally chastening opening salvo.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

In his opening salvo as the new chairman of the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh pushed back on the central bank’s practice of providing markets with signals on future rate policy.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

Few shows are quite as ripely pubescent as this adaptation of the very popular “Every Summer After,” the debut of author Carley Fortune and the opening salvo in her “Barry’s Bay” series of romance novels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

From the starting gun to the final salvo, they had rowed as if they could keep going at the same pace for another two miles or ten.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

With the official status of talks between Washington and Tehran uncertain and ahead of a meeting in Pakistan on Monday with key regional players, daily salvoes of strikes across the region have continued unabated.

From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026

Aware of the threat, Mr Ramaphosa fired salvoes at his predecessor, without naming him.

From BBC ● May 26, 2024

Certain Russian and Chinese submarines can fire salvoes of precision-guided cruise missiles from afar, potentially overwhelming carrier-fleet anti-missile defense.

From Reuters ● Mar. 9, 2017

The tone of the early salvoes dismayed Noura Bittar Søborg, a Syrian asylum seeker who fled Homs in 2011 and has managed to bring her father, mother and younger sister to Denmark.

From The Guardian ● May 30, 2015

From the unpainted side of the stage-sets I listened to the salvoes of handclapping that were waves lifting him to success.

From The Portal of Dreams by Charles Neville Buck

Tehran responded with salvos of missiles and drones during the 12-day war, which also saw brief US involvement before a US-announced ceasefire halted the fighting.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

We are already seeing the first salvos of this escalated warfare.

From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026

The first salvos in a drone attack help to identify the location of Russian air-defense systems, allowing the Ukrainians to determine where other unmanned aerial vehicles can find a way through, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

"Within days, however, Iran had shifted to smaller, more precisely targeted salvos, conserving remaining missiles and drones for specific high-value targets and concentrating fire where even near-misses cause significant damage."

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

Every day, the first minutes of class would be filled by harsh salvos of criticism aimed at Mr. Loring’s round, assailable figure leaning against his lectern.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy