barrage
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Norman’s practice of old-fashioned retail politics is faced off by a barrage of television ads on Graham’s behalf.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
That wall of sound barrage of guitars and then: “Hey, ho, let’s go!”
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
The latest drone barrage Friday started a fire at a Wildberries warehouse in Yekaterinburg.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
It’s a malicious and relentless barrage of the mind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
After a presentation of findings, the committee, which had read and analyzed the report in advance, let loose a barrage of questions and comments.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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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
Combined with Russian barrages, these strikes now threaten to halt the sea’s maritime commerce.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Tens of thousands of Kyiv residents have spent nights in the city’s subway during Russia’s recent missile barrages, turning stations into underground towns packed with yoga mats, camping chairs and tents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 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
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
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
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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Aymann Ismail knew something was up when his Egyptian mom started barraging him with Piers Morgan clips.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2023
Those complaints in 2018 and 2020 about Jackson barraging students with social media and text messages, first reported by The Seattle Times, posed no obstacle to Jackson staying on the job.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2023
“They’re barraging us with emails and calls,” Weeks said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2022
So they are barraging customers with discounts, hoping to entice them to buy before an economic slowdown causes a change in behavior once more.
From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 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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