broadside
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The Dunlap broadside was a broadside in a figurative sense as well as a literal one, blasting its message like cannons fired from the side of a warship.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
If he finds it to his benefit to launch another broadside against Petro, he won’t hesitate to do it.
From Salon • Feb. 5, 2026
Mohamed Salah has been welcomed back from the Africa Cup of Nations with open arms due to a lack of firepower up front despite his public broadside towards Slot last month.
From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026
If C had chased through, we would have been hit broadside: “They have absolutely no respect for traffic laws.”
From Slate • Jan. 16, 2026
A little more, Davos Seaworth be- seeched the Warrior, bring her around a little more, show me her broadside.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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