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Recent Examples of artillery
But Julie seems a victim here of Hedda’s artillery rather than a busybody relative anxious to extend the family line.
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Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
Attack drones filled urgent gaps in Ukraine’s infantry defenses and artillery stocks in late 2023.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 24 Feb. 2026
But that became more difficult once Russia ramped up its drone, missile, and artillery assaults, eventually carrying out at least 1,894 separate attacks on energy infrastructure between February 2022 and today, according to the ACLED database.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 24 Feb. 2026
Just two weeks later, those words were to receive an exclamation point in the form of a live-fire naval artillery exercise announced by the Russians and scheduled to occur as close as about 30 miles from Kirkenes.
—Tom Yulsman, Time, 23 Feb. 2026
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Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
Attack drones filled urgent gaps in Ukraine’s infantry defenses and artillery stocks in late 2023.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 24 Feb. 2026
But that became more difficult once Russia ramped up its drone, missile, and artillery assaults, eventually carrying out at least 1,894 separate attacks on energy infrastructure between February 2022 and today, according to the ACLED database.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 24 Feb. 2026
Just two weeks later, those words were to receive an exclamation point in the form of a live-fire naval artillery exercise announced by the Russians and scheduled to occur as close as about 30 miles from Kirkenes.
—Tom Yulsman, Time, 23 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for artillery
Noun
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Among the category winners were stunning photographs including the guns of a Japanese Navy wreck, a female octopus lovingly guarding her eggs and the moment clownfish eggs hatch.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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Agents ran into a grocery store with guns, busted a United States citizen’s truck window and lingered outside an office belonging to an immigrant-friendly nonprofit, among other controversies.—
Ryan Oehrli
Updated February 26,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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And Anthropic isn’t actually opposed to using AI to deploy autonomous weapons.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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The corrupt and repressive Iranian regime must never have nuclear weapons.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Artillery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/artillery. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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