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barrage

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




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She said she received a barrage of requests from women who said, “Why don’t you like the Shore?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Let’s tackle the first, which is how to stop the barrage of bizarre excuses.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snap have all faced a barrage of litigation alleging their apps have helped spawn a youth mental health crisis.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Amid a weeklong barrage of criticism, the Rams didn’t land in Melbourne for their season opener Thursday until 28 hours before kickoff while the San Francisco 49ers had been there all week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

I tried to cover my face with my hands, but there was a barrage coming at me from all sides.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

In Obeid, capital of North Kordofan, near-daily drone barrages have imposed a furtive rhythm to residents’ lives, making every trip to the market, school, health clinic or a relative’s home a gamble.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026

On Saturday night, AFP journalists witnessed long-range drones being launched toward Russia, in what turned out to be one of the largest barrages of the conflict.

From Barron's ● May 17, 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

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

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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