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barrage

[buh-rahzh, bar-ahzh, bahr-ij] / bəˈrɑʒ, ˈbær ɑʒ, ˈbɑr ɪdʒ /




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Lyudmila, a pensioner who was resting on some steps, described the endless toll of nights under barrage.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

An escalating dirty-tricks campaign has rattled Europe this week, leaving government officials and company executives convinced a barrage of bomb threats and cyberattacks is coordinated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026

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

Walter withstood a barrage of hostile questions and rose above Yutar’s petty machinations to explain our policy in clear and simple terms.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

WESTLAKE: The scoreboard operator will deserve extra pay trying to keep up with Warriors’ scoring barrages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

On the water, teenagers jostle for control of an inflatable mattress -- the kind taken down sleep on in underground metro stations during Russia's nightly barrages.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

In the U.A.E., barrages of drone and missile attacks from Iran unsettled the country’s finances.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 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

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

Stars like Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon and teenage wonder Macklin Celebrini repeatedly barraged the zone, to no avail.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026

United were barraged by jeers from furious fans following the latest miserable result in another troubled season.

From Barron's ● Jan. 11, 2026

Some piers sheltered from the typical northwestward storm now get barraged from all angles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2024

As our confusion turned to shock and anger, we barraged the little man with questions.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

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

But Vancouver limited chances from there while barraging Holmes with shots.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2024

Aymann Ismail knew something was up when his Egyptian mom started barraging him with Piers Morgan clips.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2023

“They’re barraging us with emails and calls,” Weeks said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2022

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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