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onslaught

[on-slawt, awn-] / ˈɒnˌslɔt, ˈɔn- /


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But when the Trojans finally turned it on, in the final minutes of the first half, there was no stopping the onslaught.

From Los Angeles Times

Between it and Taylor Swift’s onslaught, the second half of 2025 was a minefield for the pop music intolerant.

From Salon

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

Germany is facing a perfect storm: high energy costs burdening manufacturers, weak demand for its exports in key markets, the emergence of China as an industrial rival and the US tariff onslaught.

From Barron's

More than half a dozen businesses in the alley and on Santee Street told The Times their sales remained down after the onslaught of federal immigration raids, with some doing better than others.

From Los Angeles Times