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onslaught

[on-slawt, awn-] / ˈɒnˌslɔt, ˈɔn- /


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"I just couldn't believe it, it was just picture after picture... after opening the messages and social media it was an onslaught from the beginning really," she said, speaking from an undisclosed location.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Villarreal: It won’t look as elegant as you, Sarah, but talk to me about finding that walk because, like you said, it shifts from when the onslaught happens.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

The onslaught of positive tech news was enough to crowd out conflicting information coming out of the Middle East.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

But over the past couple of weeks, Elon Musk, OpenAI President Greg Brockman and others have faced an onslaught of inquiries.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Why couldn’t even the strong, brainy, cold-proof Neanderthals survive our onslaught?

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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