barrage
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We should be proud that, thanks to the effort of thousands of people, the system held against a powerful barrage.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
Yet despite a barrage of robust data, Treasury bonds staged a surprise rally in October.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
She will head to her bedroom, pull the door closed and the blinds down, and try to hide from the barrage of noise happening outside.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
The pair took part in a final televised debate on Friday, during which they mostly focused on policy proposals after a first debate that quickly deteriorated into a barrage of insults.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
He pushed his way through a barrage of high fives and ducked into the bathroom.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
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Ukraine's stretched air defences are struggling to cope with the barrages, Maxim Timchenko, chief executive of the power company DTEK, said in an interview.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
In World War I, all sides dug in to escape artillery barrages, while the British Army formed units of miners, nicknamed the Moles, to tunnel to German trenches and plant explosives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Bass’ barrages got to Raman more than a few times, leading her to talk over the NBC and Telemundo moderators or even shush them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
And the effects run both ways: embankments and barrages built for India's protection have raised water levels and caused backwater flooding in Nepal's Terai, which is Nepal's long-standing concern,' says Sanyal.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The Allies, after much trial and error, learned to use their tanks effectively in coordination with artillery barrages, infantry assaults, and—toward the end of the war—attacks by low-flying aircraft.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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At an annual meeting of financial-aid administrators hosted by the Education Department’s Office of Federal Student Aid earlier this year, people who work in college financial aid barraged government officials with questions about the change.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
Checchi, in particular, barraged voters with an unrelenting flood of ads.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
United were barraged by jeers from furious fans following the latest miserable result in another troubled season.
From Barron's ● Jan. 11, 2026
In 2002-03, Cheney paid numerous visits to Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Va., and barraged analysts with questions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
As our confusion turned to shock and anger, we barraged the little man with questions.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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Users responded by barraging the platform with dozens more in its place, and the original post has now garnered over four million views.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Aymann Ismail knew something was up when his Egyptian mom started barraging him with Piers Morgan clips.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2023
On the pass protection front, Pleasant — a 6-foot, 225-pound battering ram — credited his history as a high school defensive back with helping him to stone barraging blitzers.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2021
On Instagram, this means barraging people’s feeds with seemingly indiscriminate content, often accompanied by humorous or confessional commentary.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2021
Seven and Thorn did as she said, surrounding the Nightbeast as best they could and barraging it with combat spells as fast as they could go.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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