strafing

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Hemsley and his fellow insurance CEOs also recently faced down testy members of Congress in two House hearings, taking a critical strafing from lawmakers of both parties.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

He would often try to drive me away, come strafing and threatening, and an alarming thing about that is their flight is completely silent.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2023

Gen. McGee arrived in Italy in 1944 as a member of the 332nd Fighter Group and flew more than 130 patrol, escort and strafing missions, piloting P-39 Airacobras, P-47 Thunderbolts and P-51 Mustangs.

From Washington Post • Jan. 17, 2022

To this day, Japanese commemorate the strafing of an elementary school in eastern Tokyo during the Doolittle raid, where a 13-year-old boy was killed.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2020

There was going to be air cover—dive- bombers and Hellcats on strafing runs, and B-24s from out of the Ellice Islands, right up to the point of attack.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson