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Recent Examples of fusillade That Donald Trump’s first-day fusillade of executive orders included the declaration of a national energy emergency wasn’t all that shocking given his intensity level on everything from birthright citizenship to mass deportation. Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2025 Beijing responded swiftly on Tuesday to the tariffs President Trump had promised, announcing a fusillade of countermeasures targeting American companies and imports of critical products. Ana Swanson, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2025 As to the first: At least Kassebaum didn’t have to fear a social media fusillade from Bush, and Bush would have been too much of a gentleman to do more than fume in private over her vote. Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025 What about Chase answering Jackson’s fusillade with 212 receiving yards and three touchdowns in the second half, even as the Ravens knew Joe Burrow would be looking for No. 1 on all the biggest downs? Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 8 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for fusillade

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“Fusillade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fusillade. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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