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The burger wars are back, with the latest salvo coming from Burger King.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 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

Another drone salvo hit the Caspian Pipeline Consortium's terminal near the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk -- a key export route for Kazakh oil, partly owned by Chevron and Shell.

From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 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

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

Gen Surovikin, who has a reputation for harsh methods, said Ukraine's Himars salvoes had damaged Kherson's Antonivsky Bridge and the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam, blocking traffic along those key arteries.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2022

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

The ceremony was closed by flourishes of trumpets and salvoes of musketry, as if in honour of some great victory.

From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by William Hickling Prescott

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