as in bombarded
to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once
the star athlete was barraged with requests for an autograph
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One anonymous parent told Fox News Digital about witnessing a child being bombarded with vulgar insults by pro-trans protesters after the meeting.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
21 Dec. 2024 -
The morning after Election Day, Kimmy Hull woke up to find that her inbox had been bombarded overnight.—
Odette Yousef,
NPR,
20 Dec. 2024
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Analytics and technology have flooded the sport.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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The president and his blindly loyal aides claim the tariffs, which reached an idiotic 104% in duties on all goods from China overnight, are working because the White House is being flooded with calls from foreign governments.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Barraged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barraged. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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