salvo

As Robert O’Connell wrote this week, that was just the opening salvo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

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

While a $44 million pre-seed funding round for one Chinese start-up may seem like a sudden windfall, it is actually the latest salvo in a tightening global race.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

He concluded with an Adams salvo against “the peevish and fretful effusions of politicians,” then signed off as “J.A. In the 89 year of his age still too fat to last much longer.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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

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

Artillery salvoes were fired from an area that Nalyvaichenko said is under the control of a Cossack unit manned by Russian citizens.

From US News ● Feb. 15, 2015

Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system has intercepted many of the rocket salvoes.

From Reuters ● Jul. 14, 2014

Bugle peals resounded from ship and shore, while salvoes of artillery swept over the waves and reverberated among the cliffs.

From Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

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 IDF also said its defence systems had operated to intercept more salvos of Iranian missiles.

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026

It would allow us to overwhelm our adversaries with large, affordable salvos of weapons that can be built and regenerated quickly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 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