as in barrage
a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once
attacked the manager with a salvo of complaints before she even managed to say "hello"
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Recent Examples of salvo
The letter is the latest legal salvo by Hollywood as studios begin to step up against AI.
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
Trump’s broadside against the UN is the latest salvo in a broader rhetorical battle about the value of multilateral organizations like it compared with the bilateral partnerships and deals favored by the current US administration.
—Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Texas Republicans fired the first salvo in a broad and far-reaching fight over control of the House in 2026 by redrawing their maps this summer to net up to five pickup opportunities.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 18 Sep. 2025
All of that is just the opening salvo of the film, delivered with breakneck assurance by Anderson.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
Trump’s broadside against the UN is the latest salvo in a broader rhetorical battle about the value of multilateral organizations like it compared with the bilateral partnerships and deals favored by the current US administration.
—Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Texas Republicans fired the first salvo in a broad and far-reaching fight over control of the House in 2026 by redrawing their maps this summer to net up to five pickup opportunities.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 18 Sep. 2025
All of that is just the opening salvo of the film, delivered with breakneck assurance by Anderson.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salvo
Noun
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The Russians have also continued nightly barrages of drones and missiles against targets across Ukraine, especially against energy infrastructure.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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After tens of thousands of Missourians signed onto a campaign to repeal the state’s gerrymandered congressional map, statewide officials have deployed a barrage of maneuvers to crush the effort.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
16 Oct. 2025
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The Orionid meteor shower peak begins tonight, welcoming a spectacular natural light show that could see a flurry of shooting stars spawned by Halley's Comet brighten the dark, moonless sky.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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Panahi, who has been imprisoned in Iran several times, is Stateside for the first time in two decades for the opening, doing a flurry of Q&As.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
19 Oct. 2025
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His double in the final — a cheeky free kick and a left-footed volley at the back-post — officially took his tournament tally up to five, but the Famalicao forward saw three further shots diverted into the net for own goals.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Though the two actors have a kind of slacker ease in the nonsensical volleys, this lower temperature approach too often misses the work’s humor, horror and emotional resonance.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Salvo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salvo. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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