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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Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2025
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A woman's comment to her Gen Z stepdaughter about her late mother has led to a barrage of criticism online.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2025
Angelenos have spent the past week under a haze of smoke, barraged by evacuation warnings, many of them searching for a place to stay after fleeing their homes.
—Kellen Browning, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Dealing with those regulatory challenges comes during a turbulent year for bank stocks and the overall stock market due to President Donald Trump’s near-daily barrage of tariff threats.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2025
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A woman's comment to her Gen Z stepdaughter about her late mother has led to a barrage of criticism online.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
Verb
Since the Club’s December Monthly Meeting, Wall Street has been barraged by headlines that sent equities seesawing down and then up.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2025
Angelenos have spent the past week under a haze of smoke, barraged by evacuation warnings, many of them searching for a place to stay after fleeing their homes.
—Kellen Browning, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barrage
Noun
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Wall Street analysts have issued a flurry of downgrades for the S&P 500, and billionaire business leaders are pushing back against Trump.—
Andrew Ross Sorkin,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Vietnamese Communist Party chief To Lam was one of the first world leaders to speak with Trump last week after the U.S. president announced a flurry of tariffs on almost every country that exports to the United States.—
John Ruwitch,
NPR,
6 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Playboi Carti Scores 30 Hot 100 Hits at Once This week, Playboi Carti floods the Hot 100 with an incredible 30 tracks.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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As Hood prepares himself for the final battle, disaster strikes at home the night before he’s set to leave for Oklahoma: One of his kids intentionally floods the upstairs toilet while their father is downstairs making spaghetti.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
29 Mar. 2025
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From the time most of us begin school we are bombarded with instruction, directions, and rules.—
Amanda Miller Littlejohn,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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But not everyone is thrilled to be bombarded by ads and to have their data passively harvested.—
Adam Clark Estes,
Vox,
27 Mar. 2025
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From economic downturns and socio-political grief to health issues and personal losses, life throws a volley of challenges our way.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Then there were the drop shots, the drive volleys, the tricky, left-handed slice serve.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The posture shift came as Trump threatened to bomb Iran if the country does not strike a deal over its nuclear weapons capabilities.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
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Khamenei had warned the U.S. would face strong retaliation if Trump followed through on his threat to bomb Iran.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Right now, the Northeast faces a greater risk of powerful wind gusts rather than tornadoes and hail.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
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Monster storm heading east this weekend to spew tornadoes, hail and snow On Saturday, strong storms will impact a zone from Texas to Nebraska, Arkansas and Iowa.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Trump said the auto tariffs would be permanent throughout his term, but Murphy and other analysts question whether tariffs are being used as a negotiation tactic.—
Bailey Schulz,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2025
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However, financial markets are beginning to question whether this era of American exceptionalism is coming to an end.—
Garth Friesen,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Then a torrent of leads arrived, via the Knot’s online vender portal.—
Adam Iscoe,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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More than 180,000 residents were evacuated from Butte, Sutter and Yuba counties in February 2017 when concerns mounted that the dam’s spillway would fail, sending a torrent of water downstream.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacramento Bee,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Barrage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barrage. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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