onslaught
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His intentional balance of silence and audio amplifies one of the movie’s most famous moments, Adenoid Hynkel’s gibberish speech, into a bombastic, hilarious aural onslaught.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
When I approached his campaign for comment on Tuberville’s remarks, I was directed to an exchange he had on Wednesday night with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, in which he addressed the Republican onslaught.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
The company identified the onslaught and tried to defend its system using different AI.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Meta is facing a legal onslaught over accusations that its products are addictive and cause harm to young people.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
That will be the signal for your onslaught.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
In October, the South American country unveiled its first drone battalion to counterattack and defend against drone onslaughts.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
One drone he pilots can throw up an effective cloak of invisibility against electronic onslaughts, but others he has trained on don’t hold up well in that domain, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 13, 2025
Hundreds of Ukrainian forces withdrew to Avdiivka’s coke plant after repeated Russian onslaughts last fall.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2024
And in this form, it looks unlikely that Rockets' bowlers will be the only ones on the receiving end of their onslaughts over the next month.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2023
Normally he was a courageous dog, but he had never before encountered anything like these vicious, silent onslaughts.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
Vocabulary lists containing onslaught
Words from "The Avengers"
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, "A Date That Will Live In Infamy" (1941)
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"The Diary of Anne Frank," Vocabulary from the drama
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