strafe
Example Sentences
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One researcher has been hiring planes to strafe the sky over the Amazon rain forest to collect the air coming off the trees, and what she is finding is cause for alarm.
From Scientific American • Sep. 22, 2023
The storms dip over the warm subtropics “and create a conveyor belt of of moisture to strafe the West Coast of the U.S,” Maue said.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2023
He kept batters off-balance with a devilish mix of pitches, including a curveball that seemed to strafe third base before finding home.
From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2020
Team Alive’s greatest moment of jeopardy may have come early, as Jon Snow considered using Rhaegal to strafe a line of mounted White Walkers.
From Slate • Apr. 30, 2019
When he turned back to strafe it would be another matter.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
