strafing

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Hemsley and his fellow insurance CEOs also recently faced down testy members of Congress in two House hearings, taking a critical strafing from lawmakers of both parties.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

Watching Lyonne’s heroine tap dance away from strafing fire gets old pretty fast, but at least Johnson and his writers realize that.

From Salon • May 8, 2025

Medvedev came out blazing, strafing the court with forehand blasts and a barrage of aces.

From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2021

To this day, Japanese commemorate the strafing of an elementary school in eastern Tokyo during the Doolittle raid, where a 13-year-old boy was killed.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2020

Alvarez sped over the pier again, strafing the bigger ship from barely a hundred feet above the water.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin