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blitzkrieg

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verb

as in to bomb
to use bombs or artillery against the Germans were determined to blitzkrieg London until the British surrendered

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Noun
Prize money was also increased fivefold, so that the championship team will now take home a cool $1 million; and for the first time, the quick-format, two-day blitzkrieg tournament will be shown widely on TV. Corey Seymour, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2025 Many people might be wondering the same thing about the timing of your new book, which arrives eight months into the blitzkrieg of Donald Trump’s radical and seemingly lawless second term. Ash Carter, Air Mail, 9 Aug. 2025 One of the biggest pluses at the beginning of the Brendon McCullum and Stokes blitzkrieg was the actual statistics. Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025 With their event fast approaching, Shephard and Goncalves created a blitzkrieg of advertisements across social media and posted fliers on lampposts throughout the neighborhood to drum up excitement. Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for blitzkrieg
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Noun
  • The second-quarter Dragons barrage featured contributions from the offense, defense and special teams.
    Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Like countless generations before them, today’s young adults are subject to what feels like a constant barrage of headlines bemoaning their generational shortcomings.
    Abby Monteil, Them., 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The confirmation of drones over Germany comes as NATO's Denmark investigates a wave of drone disruption to its airports that officials have characterized as a hybrid attack, and coincides with Estonian, Polish, and Romanian accusations against Russia of serious airspace incursions.
    Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Overseas activists have tried to deliver aid in the past to Gaza but have either been intercepted by Israeli forces or come under some form of attack.
    Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Trump has also ordered Israel to stop bombing Gaza.
    SAM MEDNICK, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2025
  • After being heavily bombed in WWII, Birmingham is building a better future out of concrete and steel.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • After the Dolphins’ early flurry — 14 of their points came off Young turnovers — the Panthers kept Miami (1-4) off the scoreboard for five consecutive series.
    Joseph Person, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The American serial killer, whose crimes would go on to inspire a flurry of horror films (including Psycho and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), was also known as the Butcher of Plainfield.
    Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The onslaught of lefties, in many ways, makes more sense against these Phillies.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Swift's appearances also brought an onslaught of criticism from male fans, who were mad that her presence was distracting from the game.
    Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The poor run defense has put the Dolphins in a never-ending cycle where the team tries to make up for it by blitzing, something that automatically puts the unit at a disadvantage.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
  • After the Chargers silenced the Chiefs pass rush in the opener, Spagnuolo decided to bring all-out blitzes a week later.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The proposal has come amid prolonged calls for a ceasefire and heightened international condemnation of Israel’s bombardment of the enclave, which several global bodies and humanitarian groups say amounts to genocide.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The medical system in Gaza has been severely battered by Israeli bombardment.
    Daniel Estrin, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Yet there has been an asymmetry between the Sturm und Drang of that operation—a midnight raid featured agents rappelling from helicopters onto a South Side apartment building—and its effect.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Adults and children alike were pulled from their apartments, crying and screaming during the raid, which led to the arrests of 37 undocumented immigrants.
    Whitney Wild, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025

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