onslaught
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They also face an onslaught from Chinese carmakers, whose rapidly advancing technical prowess and low production costs pose major risks to global rivals.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
"Pakistan's ability to weather the initial Indian onslaught played to its strategic advantage, even though it is less clear what would have happened if the conflict had continued," Markey told the BBC.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Curtis seemed to tense up amid the smooth onslaught.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026
But with the U.S. and Israel pounding the country, Iranian, Arab and Western officials wonder how long the younger Khamenei would survive the onslaught.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
He may be stern; he may be exacting; he may be ambitious yet; but his is the sternness of the warrior Greatheart, who guards his pilgrim convoy from the onslaught of Apollyon.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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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