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Recent Examples of broadside
Devon O’Neil, Outside, 15 Oct. 2025
The head came up broadside, facing to Bill’s left, and Bill sought the bear’s ear with the crosshairs.
—Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2026
This was before Weiss promoted Ben Shapiro’s broadside against Kelly at Turning Point’s annual conference, triggering a searing response from the conservative commentator.
—Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 23 Dec. 2025
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Adverb
The six-point bull turned broadside, and Teig pulled his arrow back.
—Devon O’Neil, Outside, 15 Oct. 2025
The head came up broadside, facing to Bill’s left, and Bill sought the bear’s ear with the crosshairs.
—Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
This song from West Coast singer-songwriter Odin Coleman takes a different sonic approach, conjuring centuries-old Appalachian traditions in this banjo broadside.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2026
This was before Weiss promoted Ben Shapiro’s broadside against Kelly at Turning Point’s annual conference, triggering a searing response from the conservative commentator.
—Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 23 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for broadside
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Carson Pickett’s corner found the head of Melissa Kössler — who scored the first three goals in club history over the first three matches on the road trip — but the ball careened sideways off the German’s head from just outside the goalie box, and went out of bounds.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
28 Mar. 2026
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Vonn lost control on the first jump, spun sideways in the air, slammed to the ground and needed to be airlifted from the course.—
Tribune News Service,
Hartford Courant,
27 Mar. 2026
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Angharad James-Turner’s 18th-minute volley found the net off the palm of KC goalkeeper Lorena.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2026
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He was replaced by Ethan Nwaneri, who scored with a neat half-volley from Igor Paixão's left-wing cross.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Some of those pushing anti-Jewish invective on the right are opportunists.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2026
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After years of inflammatory social-media posts and antisemitic invective, Kanye West has taken out a full-page ad in The Wall Street Journal that traces his erratic behavior to his 2002 car crash.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
26 Jan. 2026
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Posters, handbills, ephemera—all were charged with code-red urgency.—
Joel Lobenthal,
Air Mail,
7 Mar. 2026
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No unauthorized solicitation and materials including handbills, flyers, stickers, beach balls, giveaways, samples, etc. Weapons or explosives of any kind.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
27 Feb. 2026
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After a recent arrest in the long-dormant case, some agents say the barrage of threats persist — and not enough is done to protect them.—
Kayla Hayempour,
NBC news,
30 Mar. 2026
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Other videos depict barrages of Iranian ballistic missiles raining down on Tehran’s enemies.—
Newsweek Editors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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Flash forward 92-plus years to Donald Trump’s rally Sunday at New York’s Madison Square Garden, a bleak, lurid festival of racist hate and profane vituperation so vile that even fellow Republicans, who have turned a blind eye to Trump’s character for years, are distancing themselves from the event.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Oct. 2024
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The politicization of the COVID response has only worsened this trend, likely resulting in part from Trump’s vituperation.—
Matt Motta,
Scientific American,
29 Oct. 2024
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Look for items on sale via the weekly store circular.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
13 Feb. 2026
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Similar circulars have been issued before, in anticipation of major storms and other natural events.—
Ken Harbaugh,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
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Efforts by Gulf states to diversify from oil and become international finance and tourism hubs are also at risk amid the Iranian bombardment.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
28 Mar. 2026
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The current bombardment does not create a new wound so much as reactivate the generational trauma and militarization that structure life in Iran and across the Middle East.—
Mehrnoush Soroush,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Broadside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broadside. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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