volleys

plural of volley

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Recent Examples of volleys Aaronson’s game was defined by missing the best chance of the afternoon, while Harrison was presented with two, far more difficult, volleys in the second period and did not convert either. Beren Cross, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025 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 French broadcasters also reported sporadic clashes in the cities of Nantes, in the west, and Lyon in the southeast, with volleys of police tear gas and projectiles targeting officers. Dan Gooding jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025 Bryan has also been in his share of drama, sending volleys back and forth with his ex, Brianna LaPaglia, and also squaring off with fellow Oklahoma singer-songwriter John Moreland. Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025 Stamper told jurors Stines fired nine shots in multiple volleys. Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Sep. 2025 Officers called out to Montana to drop his weapon, only to be met with more bullets, with volleys of eight, 14 and eight shots in short succession. Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025 Ming was eulogized during the service and more pomp that comes with a traditional law enforcement funeral service was carried out including the folding and presenting of the flag that draped his casket, a 21-gun salute (seven riflemen firing three volleys), and the playing of taps. Emily Curiel, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2025 And then there are return volleys about the hypocrisy of expecting fights or scuffles to create urgency when players have been ostracized in the past for picking fights and scuffles. Nick Suss, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for volleys
Noun
  • 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
  • Having friends secures Israel’s place in the region and the world, as the remarkable coordinated response to Iranian missile barrages should’ve made clear.
    Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As rain pattered against windows, and trees lining the streets swayed, flurries of urgent texts began ricocheting from one end of the neighborhood to the other, and panic set in as some residents put on their shoes and hurried out the door.
    Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Mild with occasional snow flurries, but calm most of the week.
    Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Volleys.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volleys. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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