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onslaught

[on-slawt, awn-] / ˈɒnˌslɔt, ˈɔn- /


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Season 2 returned nine years later to wrestle with Peak TV’s onslaught.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

Kathmandu-based technology policy researcher Samik Kharel described a "digital battleground" in the run-up to the landmark vote, warning that Nepal lacked the expertise to monitor the onslaught of machine-generated content.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

Irked residents across Southern California have recently complained to their vector control districts about an onslaught of mosquito activity, many sporting ankle bites to prove it.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

That meant Tuesday’s game turned into a siege: Inter applying constant pressure, Bodø doing everything it could to withstand the onslaught.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

Desperately, she reached for the lip of the next crate again and gripped it, fighting through an onslaught of pain as the container under her dropped away.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo