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as in to barrage
to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once
reporters bombarded the company spokesman with sharp questions
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Recent Examples of bombard
Regional and world powers, concerned that the group would expand, began to bombard and raid the country.
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Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2025
At the time of the Ukrainian retreat from Kursk last week—a departure precipitated by an elite Russian drone group deploying to the oblast and bombarding Ukraine’s main supply line—Ukrainian tankers had already achieved local tank superiority in some areas.
—David Axe, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Employees at Apple stores coast to coast have reported being bombarded with questions about how the tariffs would affect the cost of iPhones.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 9 Apr. 2025
The 24/7 news cycle and social media amplify panic, bombarding you with dire preditions.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2025
At the time of the Ukrainian retreat from Kursk last week—a departure precipitated by an elite Russian drone group deploying to the oblast and bombarding Ukraine’s main supply line—Ukrainian tankers had already achieved local tank superiority in some areas.
—David Axe, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Employees at Apple stores coast to coast have reported being bombarded with questions about how the tariffs would affect the cost of iPhones.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 9 Apr. 2025
The 24/7 news cycle and social media amplify panic, bombarding you with dire preditions.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bombard
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Within hours of Hamas’s attack, on October 7th, 2023, Israel began bombing Gaza.—
Colin Jones,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2025
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New York’s No. 1 romantic love bombs his new squeeze with grocery deliveries and an in-home masseuse visit, and Kate watches from the street as a pants-less Bronte runs out to tip the masseuse, who assures her that Joe Goldberg covered it all.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Norfolk Island and Cocos Island A number of other Australian territories were barraged with tariffs, including Norfolk Island with a population of nearly 2,000 people; Cocos Island, with a population of just 544, and Christmas Island which is populated by 1,692 people.—
Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
3 Apr. 2025
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Just as often as not, what results from this impulse to lightly fictionalize a recent news story is an overly straightforward telling of the same facts we’ve been barraged with already.—
Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Mar. 2025
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Particularly his ability to do things at such high speed and to help begin attacking moves in his own half.—
Philipp Lahm,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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Police are searching for three suspects who were caught on video repeatedly attacking a 61-year-old trans woman outside of her convenience store in Los Angeles’ Westlake neighborhood.—
Abby Monteil,
Them.,
29 Apr. 2025
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Christians and Muslims flooded social media with tributes, remembering his vocal condemnation of violence and consistent empathy for Gaza's civilians.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
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Following the announcement, he was immediately flooded with congratulatory comments.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Bombard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bombard. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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