broadsides

Definition of broadsidesnext
plural of broadside
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Noun
  • While effective in salvoes, limited quantities and launcher availability could constrain Ukraine’s operational use.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • At one point, the crew shot a scene in which Whalen’s character joins a bar fight, shouting invectives at a hapless extra before pummelling him to the ground.
    Chang Che, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Riley would have invented invectives.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Since the new Lifetime Fitness center first welcomed pickleball and tennis enthusiasts to its indoor courts in May 2025, volleys and lessons have occasionally paused for a beer break at the self-pour beer and wine station in the clubhouse.
    Noah Daly April 9, Idaho Statesman, 9 Apr. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Last year, city officials said that news of the original social host ordinance was disseminated through social media postings, flyers, and through the city’s newsletter.
    Ryanne Mena, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Prices start at just $10, and the markdowns include some of our favorite tried-and-true brands that frequent flyers and weekend jet-setters alike swear by.
    Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Russia launched one of its largest barrages of drones and missiles on Ukraine this year, killing more than a dozen and wounding more than 100 people across the country, Ukrainian authorities said Thursday.
    Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The north especially has been affected by what locals have described locals as nonstop barrages, especially since Hezbollah joined the war.
    Max Burman, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Academics in particular knew the impact of his anti-college diatribes, demonizing of university professors, and literal targeting of them with Professor Watchlist.
    Karen J. Leader, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
  • But the diatribes have generally been assumed to be her own, not sponsored content.
    Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Hundreds have been arrested in countries across the Gulf region, according to the United Nations’ high commissioner for human rights, some on allegations of expressing sympathies for Iran’s attacks and for posting images of Iranian bombardments to social media.
    Jane Lytvynenko, NBC news, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The commitments came as Kyiv warned of escalating Russian bombardments and urgently pressed for more air defenses.
    Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Similar circulars have been issued before, in anticipation of major storms and other natural events.
    Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
  • 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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“Broadsides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broadsides. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.

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