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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For a stretch, Browns head trainer Joe Sheehan wasn’t working out with them, so Vrabel started bombarding him with playful texts and selfies with the staff, enough to shame Sheehan into eventually joining them.—
Dianna Russini,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025 -
Al Sharif, whose X account showed more than 500,000 followers, posted on the platform minutes before his death that Israel had been intensely bombarding Gaza City for more than two hours.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
11 Aug. 2025
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Just two days before filming began in the northwest regional province of Santiago Rodriguez, a powerful storm swept through the Dominican Republic, flooding the ground floor of the production office and bringing much of Santo Domingo to a halt.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
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However, that did not stop Taylor Swift fans from flooding Tart's social media with stern reactions.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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In this season of Platonic, Luke Macfarlane's character Charlie has a mental breakdown after bombing his dream opportunity to compete on Jeopardy!—
Dory Jackson,
People.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Trump talks God in his speech on bombing Iran.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
21 Aug. 2025
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The documentary, a small-town cyberbullying case that resulted in an FBI investigation, tells the topsy-turvy story in a way that leaves you questioning almost every person involved.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Leadership in the National Institute of Health questioning the use of mRNA vaccines (which include COVID vaccines).—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Barraging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barraging. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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