strafe
Example Sentences
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The online strafing comes “at a very high speed, sometimes within seconds of her posting a tweet” and is “highly unusual,” possibly signaling “coordinated campaigns of abuse.”
From Washington Post
It did not detonate, but another Japanese plane strafed the barracks and killed his friend as the friend ran from a mess hall.
From Los Angeles Times
The storms dip over the warm subtropics “and create a conveyor belt of of moisture to strafe the West Coast of the U.S,” Maue said.
From Seattle Times
In one of this book’s later interviews, with a Seventh-day Adventist magazine, Gregory advocates a raw food diet and does a strafing run over soul food.
From New York Times
Mr. Budd has run a low-key campaign, hoping to ride the national wave as allies in the party strafed Ms. Beasley with negative advertising.
From New York Times
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