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Recent Examples of enfilade
Tumbling forward under enfilading fire to ALEPPO Pte.
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Ishion Hutchinson, The New York Review of Books, 12 Oct. 2023
Bodies were disfigured by thundering artillery bombardments and the scythe-like enfilade fire from machine guns.
—David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 June 2020
At regimental headquarters, the general received reports of bad sniping and enfilading machine gun fire from the forward units.
—Washington Post, 29 May 2018
Ishion Hutchinson, The New York Review of Books, 12 Oct. 2023
Bodies were disfigured by thundering artillery bombardments and the scythe-like enfilade fire from machine guns.
—David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 June 2020
At regimental headquarters, the general received reports of bad sniping and enfilading machine gun fire from the forward units.
—Washington Post, 29 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enfilade
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He was arrested in Savannah and is charged with felony counts of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers, and obstruction of law enforcement, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C., said in a statement.Phil Helsel, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
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According to reports, Buckshot was assaulted last Thursday (Oct. 31), in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn.Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Videos later emerged showing the friends physically attacking Robinson, but the FBI never charged anyone or made any arrests in the case.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Ukraine has allegedly repeatedly attacked this air base with drones, including as recently as mid-September.William M. Moon, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
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Other images included newspaper headlines assailing Trump for language critics have said invokes Nazi or other racially inflammatory rhetoric.Akayla Gardner and Randall Williams / Bloomberg, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
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While some press assailed the $1.6 million opening weekend of the film on 1,740 screens, Briarcliff Entertainment chief Tom Ortenberg vowed no one involved in the film is working on a concession speech.Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2024
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But the latest model still pushes battery life to lengths few machines have hit in our testing, with an unprecedented 28 hours and 33 minutes of video playback time.Brian Westover, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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There was no immediate report of casualties or details on what was hit.Reuters, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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His family was living the reality unfolding before his eyes—his beloved homeland ravaged, night after night.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Spain, despite storms that have ravaged the Valencia region, brought in $937K from 291 screens at No. 5 for the weekend.Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Enfilade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enfilade. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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