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barrage

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




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Another unforeseen effect of the barrage was to show that America’s military wasn’t as strong as it seemed.

From Slate Sep. 4, 2026

A barrage of newly concocted action sequences in the second half makes the pacing so off-balance that the film feels like a heron trying to fly with one blinged-out wing.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 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

Under this unholy barrage of my parents’ confusion and shame and disappointment, even I almost feel bad for Charlie.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

The Kosi and Gandak barrages are operated by India.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Ukrainians fear this could be the first in a wave of brutal assaults leading up to Ukrainian independence day on Monday—a date on which Moscow has often launched huge missile barrages.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Recent barrages have left even hardened residents shaken and sent them fleeing to shelters.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

In vain, officials have urged locals to avoid the beaches -- exposed areas that offer no protection from Russian aerial 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

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

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

Although community concern peaked in those initial months, Hyperion continues to be barraged by odor complaints, which routinely reach into the hundreds each month.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 16, 2024

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

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

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

Hotels and travel brands also struggle to vet the deluge of travel influencers barraging them with requests for all-expenses-paid vacations in exchange for social media posts.

From Washington Post Apr. 13, 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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