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Recent Examples of broadside
Devon O’Neil, Outside, 15 Oct. 2025
The head came up broadside, facing to Bill’s left, and Bill sought the bear’s ear with the crosshairs.
—Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
No sense rehashing the substance of Collier’s broadside, although much of the subsequent pearl clutching was a bit precious in light of Bryce Harper’s midsummer activism.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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Adverb
The six-point bull turned broadside, and Teig pulled his arrow back.
—Devon O’Neil, Outside, 15 Oct. 2025
The head came up broadside, facing to Bill’s left, and Bill sought the bear’s ear with the crosshairs.
—Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
Fossil fuels, not renewables, will power the surge in electricity demand driven by electric vehicles and data centers, Saudi Aramco CEO Amin Nasser said Monday in his latest broadside at the renewables industry.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
No sense rehashing the substance of Collier’s broadside, although much of the subsequent pearl clutching was a bit precious in light of Bryce Harper’s midsummer activism.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for broadside
Adverb
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Her skull was pulled off and turned sideways, boulders were piled atop her, and a mortar floor covered the grave she was returned to, leaving no indication of what lay below.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
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Primate, which is the first theatrical release from Walter Hamada’s genre label 18Hz at Paramount, is directed and co-written by Johannes Roberts and follows a group of friends’ tropical vacation that goes sideways when their chimp loses it.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Alas responded with a volley of gunfire that struck the armored vehicle and ran away before officers returned fire.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Soleimani’s killing was the opening volley of that new world order, and from there, everything could be justified.—
Séamus Malekafzali,
Washington Post,
8 Jan. 2026
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In an invective posted to the Truth Social platform on Thanksgiving, President Trump used a slur for people with intellectual disabilities to describe Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.—
Anthony Bettin,
CBS News,
28 Nov. 2025
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In Congo, Tutsis face widespread discrimination and bigoted invective.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
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Tools, such as pliers, wrenches, hammers, screw drivers, etc. Pamphlets, flyers, handbills, etc.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Oct. 2025
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Pamphlets, flyers and handbills unless approved by management.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
The Enquirer,
28 Aug. 2025
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Trump’s pressure campaign has included a barrage of personal insults at Powell, evolving into threats to fire the Fed chair.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
12 Jan. 2026
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Newsom used the speech to continue the anti-Trump barrage that has boosted his national standing among Democratic activists.—
George Skelton,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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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 Tennessean looked at weekly circulars from more than a dozen stores, including Middle Tennessee staples like Aldi, Dollar General, BJ's Wholesale Club.—
Gabrielle Chenault,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Dec. 2025
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Shoppers would camp outside of stores, paper circulars in hand, eagerly awaiting the chance to bust down some doors and save a ton of cash.—
Simon Hill,
Wired News,
29 Nov. 2025
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The bombardment of political ads will commence this week.—
Paul Miller,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
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Israel launched a widespread bombardment of Lebanon in September 2024 that severely weakened Hezbollah, followed by a ground invasion.—
Bassem Mroue,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Broadside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broadside. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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