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as in handbill
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Recent Examples of broadside
Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 7 July 2025
In Mexico, some analysts have called the Treasury moves a broadside against Mexico’s economic well-being.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
Those kinds of broadsides could be a particularly powerful cudgel against Trump just five months into his second term.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 7 June 2025
Congress has reauthorized funding for the corporation for decades, despite regular Republican broadsides against PBS and NPR.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2025
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Last month, Armstrong celebrated Green Day’s debut appearance at the Download Festival in the U.K. with another broadside against the administration.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 7 July 2025
In Mexico, some analysts have called the Treasury moves a broadside against Mexico’s economic well-being.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
Those kinds of broadsides could be a particularly powerful cudgel against Trump just five months into his second term.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 7 June 2025
Congress has reauthorized funding for the corporation for decades, despite regular Republican broadsides against PBS and NPR.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for broadside
Noun
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Cameron Antwi unleashed an airborne karate-kick volley and then Michael Reindorf planted an unsaveable beauty into the top part of the top corner just a few first-half minutes later.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
30 July 2025
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Pete Sampras, Michael Chang, Andre Agassi, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe and Boris Becker, as well as old-school titans Roy Emerson, Pancho Segura, Alex Olmedo, Bobby Riggs, Pancho Gonzalez and Rod Laver, have smashed volleys and serves on these local courts.—
Richard Dunn,
Oc Register,
17 July 2025
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The actor also has been involved in occurrences of being verbal and physically aggressive, hurling racists invectives, as well as being out and out violent on a number of occasions.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
22 July 2025
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After nights of clashes, then-President Donald Trump, known for issuing directives and invectives through social media, fired off a series of posts shortly before 1 a.m. on Friday, May 29, 2020.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
24 May 2025
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Juneteenth started with handbills proclaiming freedom.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
14 June 2025
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An anonymous handbill from 1837, later attributed to Lincoln, represents the young politician’s foray into Illinois state politics.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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Framber Valdez faced the entire starting nine in a six-run barrage.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
4 Aug. 2025
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Brace reacted with a barrage of emails and messages to Elise and Jay Flatland saying the organization was transphobic.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
3 Aug. 2025
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Flash forward 92-plus years to Donald Trump’s rally Sunday at New York’s Madison Square Garden, a bleak, lurid festival of racist hate and profane vituperation so vile that even fellow Republicans, who have turned a blind eye to Trump’s character for years, are distancing themselves from the event.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Oct. 2024
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The politicization of the COVID response has only worsened this trend, likely resulting in part from Trump’s vituperation.—
Matt Motta,
Scientific American,
29 Oct. 2024
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The Association of Voice Artists of India (AVA) is more active than ever, issuing circulars and organizing forums for artists in their quest to spread awareness about how to survive and demand fair wages in an environment of uncertainty.—
Zico Ghosh,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Aug. 2025
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Up until 1994, the U.S. Naval Observatory routinely issued special circulars in advance of major solar eclipses.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
3 June 2025
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Given the dynamics of last year’s presidential contest, in which worries about rising costs of living played a role in Californian Kamala Harris’s loss to Donald Trump, California’s very high costs for housing and other fundamental living needs, would be fodder for attacks on Newsom in 2028.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
16 Aug. 2025
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Due date for individuals and businesses impacted by recent terrorist attacks in Israel.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Posters, brochures, and other archival materials speak to the ways World’s Fairs were used as showcases for modern design.—
Douglas Markowitz,
Miami Herald,
16 July 2025
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The current Terry’s tenant has two five-year lease options, according to the Cushman & Wakefield brochure.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
8 July 2025
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“Broadside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broadside. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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