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Recent Examples of fusillade Trump earlier in the day had ripped Musk on camera and on social media, as the man who funneled hundreds of millions to Trump’s presidential campaign unleashed a fusillade against him. Ian Swanson, The Hill, 6 June 2025 An Israeli fusillade around noon Sunday and in the afternoon saw four areas in Tehran targeted, including major commercial thoroughfares, according to state media. Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2025 Tung kept UConn in the game despite a fusillade from Penn State in the first period. Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2025 Lately, the federal judiciary has responded with impressive speed and fortitude to Trump’s fusillade of executive orders and other actions. Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fusillade
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Noun
  • To be fair, the drone barrages may still have aided Iran by diverting attention from ballistic missiles and compelling expenditures of expensive missiles.
    Sebastien Roblin, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • The barrage included targets in Western Ukraine, a region far from the front lines that doesn't often see bombardments.
    Greg Dixon, NPR, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • Senate Republicans steered the sweeping policy bill past a filibuster by using the protections of a process known as budget reconciliation, which also required the legislation to undergo a flurry of amendment votes that stretched from early Monday to lunchtime Tuesday.
    Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 1 July 2025
  • During the offseason, the Dallas Cowboys made a flurry of moves to bolster the cast of offensive weapons around Dak Prescott.
    Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 June 2025

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“Fusillade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fusillade. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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