as in flurry
a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once
the teacher's rapid-fire barrage of homework assignments went by too fast for me to write them all down
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as in to flood
to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once
the star athlete was barraged with requests for an autograph
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Recent Examples of barrage
Brad Dress, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
Two days after his indictment on state murder charges in New York, Luigi Mangione was slapped with a barrage of federal criminal counts Thursday linked to the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a midtown hotel on Dec. 4.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
These scientists are losing funding, watching their research centers close down, and getting barraged with subpoenas.
—F.d. Flam, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
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Israel previously considered the possibility of nuclear strikes on Iran in October, following Tehran’s massive barrage of missiles and drones that targeted the U.S. ally.
—Brad Dress, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
Two days after his indictment on state murder charges in New York, Luigi Mangione was slapped with a barrage of federal criminal counts Thursday linked to the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a midtown hotel on Dec. 4.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
Verb
Stretch, toss, turn, or sit up, and the alarm clock will barrage you with coin pickup sound effects from Super Mario Odyssey, or splat sounds from Splatoon 3.
—WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
These scientists are losing funding, watching their research centers close down, and getting barraged with subpoenas.
—F.d. Flam, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
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Banking giants will continue to report earnings This week, the pace picks up in the second half with a flurry of banking earnings reports.Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 12 Jan. 2025
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Sacramento tied the game with 32 seconds left in the third, then surged ahead with a fourth-quarter flurry keyed by Providence College product Devin Carter.Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 11 Jan. 2025
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Every year since 2020, the highway across from the port had flooded with hundreds of people marching with pictures of their dead loved ones, glimpses of particular griefs.Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Following the performance, Rihanna’s Navy flooded social media with reactions to the karaoke surprise.Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 31 Dec. 2024
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Israel has bombarded Yemen several times in response — sending its jets more than 1,000 miles to do so — but has struggled to decisively subdue the Houthis.Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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These days, though, many Americans are feeling bombarded with a growing number of opportunities to tip at places like fast food restaurants, self-checkout machines, and pick-your-own orchards.Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Jan. 2025
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Paulo Dybala’s sumptuous equaliser, a volley off a backheel flick by Artem Dovbyk, was missed by all but the Roma supporters at San Siro.James Horncastle, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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The clinic shut down after being struck by a volley of drone strikes.Declan Walsh, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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With Biden now down to his final two weeks, there are no active discussions about bombing Iran.Barak Ravid, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
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Which helps to explain why so many popular stand-ups have blown their hosting stints; Jo Koy memorably bombed on the Globes stage last year with a misogynistic Barbie riff.Judy Berman, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025
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These types of events can include drought, wildfire, hurricanes, flooding, heat waves, winter storms and severe storms that contain threats like hail and high wind damage, Smith said.Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 Dec. 2024
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Other tornadoes have been reported, along with damaging straight-line winds, hail and flash flooding in parts of Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama.Andrew Freedman, Axios, 28 Dec. 2024
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Several conservatives were seen entering Johnson's office at the Capitol on Thursday afternoon, including House Freedom Caucus Chairman Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland, who has questioned his leadership.Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2025
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Yoon’s legal team previously questioned whether the impeached president is even eligible for prosecution.Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Jan. 2025
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Technology mogul Elon Musk has been using his X social media platform in recent weeks to unleash a torrent of criticisms and accusations aimed at political figures in Britain, Germany and Canada.Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
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Mandatory overtime to send surges of unhappy and ill-prepared cops underground hasn’t restored confidence in public safety, even as investigators are now probing how Friends of Eric benefitted from the OT torrent.Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Barrage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barrage. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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