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

The competition consisted of aerial gunnery at 12,000 feet and 20,000 feet, skip bombing, rocket firing, panel strafing and dive bombing, according to the Air Force.

From Washington Post • May 29, 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

Rain began its blitz, tranging bullets off the roof and strafing the puddles round the barn.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell