fusillade
Example Sentences
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Amid the fusillade of terrible headlines this year, one pierced my nerdy heart.
From Los Angeles Times
Even fusillades of tiny pops from escaping air proved evocative, as the frozen world gave way to heat.
From New York Times
Why wouldn’t slumping AJ Pollock relaunch the Dodgers’ dormant offense with a homer in the second inning and punctuate the fusillade with another in the eighth?
From Los Angeles Times
Clear plastic wrapping was draped over each locker to protect against the anticipated fusillade of champagne.
From Los Angeles Times
"Stewart is one of the few people on the planet who has known paparazzi scrutiny that is even somewhat comparable to the fusillade of flashbulbs that hounded Diana until her death," he said.
From BBC
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