as in barrage
a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once
surprised by the volley of complaints about cable service in the area
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Recent Examples of volley
Colt finally hits a diving volley to take the match and the championship, with Dunst cheering him from the stands.
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
Anine Bing poured a lot of herself — her lifelong love of frame bags, her past as a model, and her musical chops — into her latest product volley.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2025
That volley capped an evening of public spectacle at the CDC.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025
From Federico Chiesa’s welcome volley at Anfield and Riccardo Calafiori’s point-blank header at Old Trafford to the instant impact of last year’s midfielder of the year in Serie A, Tijjani Reijnders.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
Anine Bing poured a lot of herself — her lifelong love of frame bags, her past as a model, and her musical chops — into her latest product volley.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2025
That volley capped an evening of public spectacle at the CDC.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025
From Federico Chiesa’s welcome volley at Anfield and Riccardo Calafiori’s point-blank header at Old Trafford to the instant impact of last year’s midfielder of the year in Serie A, Tijjani Reijnders.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for volley
Noun
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Ukraine's air force said in a post to Telegram that Russia launched 810 drones and 13 missiles into the country in the latest barrage, of which 747 drones and four missiles were shot down.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
7 Sep. 2025
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the drone and missile barrage killed four people and caused damage across the north, south and east of the country, including the cities of Zaporizhzhia, Kryvyi Rih and Odesa, as well as in the Sumy and Chernihiv regions.—
Lidia Kelly,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
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The glass-half-full crowd would view such a flurry of transactions as evidence that five teams wanted Ureña enough to sign him.—
Mike Digiovanna,
Oc Register,
7 Sep. 2025
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In part of a flurry of motions from both sides in the past week, Stines is asking for a judge to release him on bail.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Volley.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volley. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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