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onslaught

[on-slawt, awn-] / ˈɒnˌslɔt, ˈɔn- /


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Faced with the Russian onslaught, Ukraine’s defense companies have also mastered the art of manufacturing cheap products in vast quantities, as constant feedback from front-line units improves performance and counters Russian innovation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

But he said Cuba had "the absolute and legitimate right to defend itself against a military onslaught."

From Barron's • May 18, 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

The 2025-26 Broadway season was characterized by long fallow periods interrupted by an onslaught of eagerly awaited openings.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Under the onslaught of her fierce, wagging finger he released Otto, who pressed himself against me, shrieking in terror.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer




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