barraging

present participle of barrage
as in bombarding
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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Verb
  • That was left to the local alternative outlets, who'd start bombarding everyone at our paper to find out who was let go.
    Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026
  • Peter Kollanyi / Bloomberg via Getty Images file Pro-Russian groups are bombarding popular AI systems with propaganda to get chatbots to repeat Kremlin talking points, senior European officials say, raising concerns ahead of America’s midterm elections over efforts to silently influence voters.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Digg shut down its Reddit competitor in March, citing an inability to control the volume of bots flooding the site.
    Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Heavy rains earlier this week swamped other areas of New York as well as New Jersey and Pennsylvania, flooding streets and leading to water rescues.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • In 2003, Libya formally took responsibility for bombing Pan Am 103.
    Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
  • The meeting came after nearly two weeks of the United States bombing Iran, with Tehran striking back against allies in the region, including a hit on a military base in Jordan that killed three American service members.
    Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026
Verb
  • An appeal, on the other hand, can only consider evidence that’s already in the record and is typically filed when a defendant is questioning a judge’s decision.
    Alex Brizee July 30, Idaho Statesman, 30 July 2026
  • Al-Ahli released an atypical official statement questioning the officiating of one game in April.
    Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 30 July 2026
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“Barraging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barraging. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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