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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
Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2026
This was before Weiss promoted Ben Shapiro’s broadside against Kelly at Turning Point’s annual conference, triggering a searing response from the conservative commentator.
—Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 23 Dec. 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
This song from West Coast singer-songwriter Odin Coleman takes a different sonic approach, conjuring centuries-old Appalachian traditions in this banjo broadside.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2026
This was before Weiss promoted Ben Shapiro’s broadside against Kelly at Turning Point’s annual conference, triggering a searing response from the conservative commentator.
—Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 23 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for broadside
Adverb
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But Friday's unveiling went sideways, with some fans suggesting the Mariners struck out.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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Almost immediately, implementation went sideways, in part because the state failed to carefully select the tests that screen children for reading skills and difficulties.—
Rachel Canter,
The Atlantic,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Trooper, which sells a 75-item box equipped with water pouches, meal bars, and a hand-crank radio, designed to sustain a family of four for 72 hours, built its kits after the 2024 floods but has found an altogether different audience since the missile and drone volleys started, AGBI reported.—
Manal Albarakati,
semafor.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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Mosquera slammed home a volley from outside the area off a clearance attempt to tie it 1-1 in the 36th minute and fed Da Costo for a first-touch finish from point-blank range give the Timbers a 2-1 lead in the second minute of first-half stoppage time.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Some of those pushing anti-Jewish invective on the right are opportunists.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2026
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After years of inflammatory social-media posts and antisemitic invective, Kanye West has taken out a full-page ad in The Wall Street Journal that traces his erratic behavior to his 2002 car crash.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
26 Jan. 2026
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Posters, handbills, ephemera—all were charged with code-red urgency.—
Joel Lobenthal,
Air Mail,
7 Mar. 2026
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No unauthorized solicitation and materials including handbills, flyers, stickers, beach balls, giveaways, samples, etc. Weapons or explosives of any kind.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
27 Feb. 2026
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The new safety measures come after a barrage of lawsuits from families alleging the platform doesn't do enough to shield children from harmful content and communication with older users.—
Mary Cunningham,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Disruption without construction Instructors burned out with the current situation endure a barrage of repetitive bromides.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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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Look for items on sale via the weekly store circular.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
13 Feb. 2026
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Similar circulars have been issued before, in anticipation of major storms and other natural events.—
Ken Harbaugh,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
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In a 40-minute phone call late Thursday, a Hezbollah field commander told NPR how he was wounded in Israel's vast bombardment of Beirut a day earlier, which killed more than 350 people, according to Lebanese authorities.—
Lauren Frayer,
NPR,
12 Apr. 2026
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Amid Israel’s brutal bombardment of Gaza in 2023, Dupuy-Spencer began making paintings in support of the Palestinian cause.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Broadside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broadside. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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