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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 Federal Reserve Chairman, Kevin Warsh pushed back on the practice of providing markets with signals on future rate policy.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 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

Dataland’s inaugural exhibition, “Machine Dreams: Rainforest,” is the studio’s opening salvo in the battle to redefine our burgeoning relationship with the evolving technology.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 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

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

From BBC ● May 26, 2024

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

Forth with gay barge and gilded oar, While fast the volley'd salvoes roar From batteried line, and echoing shore, And gun-engirdled crag!

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 by Various

Most salvos have been aimed at bases hosting U.S. forces and have been intercepted, U.S. and Jordanian officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

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

From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026

That moment in Birmingham has been one of the few opening salvos to go the way of England, however.

From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2025

Powell's remarks helped investors turn from the latest trade salvos between Washington and Beijing, with Trump last week threatening 100-percent tariffs owing to Chinese rate earth measures.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2025

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