onslaught
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"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
Season 2 returned nine years later to wrestle with Peak TV’s onslaught.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026
Iran, though severely weakened militarily and politically by an onslaught of airstrikes that began February 28, has voiced no intention to surrender.
From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026
Officials and analysts say those wealthy countries were ill-equipped for the drone onslaught, having spent billions on top-notch systems designed to counter high-end missiles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
Eril-Fane and Azareen stood squarely before him and Soulzeren, guarding them from this impossible onslaught.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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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