fusillade

Example Sentences

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Chinese officials directed a rhetorical fusillade at Ms. Takaichi, and have ratcheted up economic pressure by discouraging Chinese tourism to Japan and restricting rare-earth mineral exports.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Amid the fusillade of terrible headlines this year, one pierced my nerdy heart.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2025

The fusillade reflected Russia’s renewed focus on striking Ukrainian energy facilities.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2024

In this context, the noise and clamoring of the media, the fusillade of poisonous opinion mongering, the silence of the lamppost video felt almost sacral.

From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2023

I turned around so I could face him and was met with a fusillade of saliva as he continued his tirade.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore