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sally

[sal-ee] / ˈsæl i /


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The latest sally is a new round of export restrictions released this week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

“Plainclothes agents have been embedded in transport vans, sally ports, processing areas, and detention cells to gather important tactical intelligence and or information,” a document on Benchwarmer reads.

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026

Chess, by and large, is a war game played by nonmartial people who would have trouble identifying the business end of an M16 or explaining the difference between an embrasure and a sally port.

From Washington Times • Sep. 26, 2023

The tiny river fly, known as scarce yellow sally, was thought to have died out a few decades ago.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2023

I wish to prove to them that we have not flown here, so much as settled upon a firm place, from which we shall sally forth.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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