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as in invective
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as in handbill
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Recent Examples of broadside
Quartz Staff, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2025
After last week's tariff broadside targeting about 180 countries and territories sent markets tumbling, Trump announced a 90-day reprieve for most of those affected.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
That broadside served as a reminder of the perils of crossing Mr. Trump for many Republicans, who privately acknowledge that their nightmare scenario is his endorsing a primary challenger in their district.
—Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Cuomo leveled the broadside at his opponents during an evening speech at the West Side Institutional Synagogue in Manhattan.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2025
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That broadside helped send the Dow plummeting 1,000 points on the day.
—Quartz Staff, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2025
After last week's tariff broadside targeting about 180 countries and territories sent markets tumbling, Trump announced a 90-day reprieve for most of those affected.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
That broadside served as a reminder of the perils of crossing Mr. Trump for many Republicans, who privately acknowledge that their nightmare scenario is his endorsing a primary challenger in their district.
—Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Cuomo leveled the broadside at his opponents during an evening speech at the West Side Institutional Synagogue in Manhattan.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for broadside
Noun
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But a machine-gun volley hit him at the waist, nearly breaking him in two.—
Ann Goldstein,
New Yorker,
25 May 2025
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The Starkey saga, meanwhile, is a surprising end to a recent volley of updates about his involvement with the Who.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
19 May 2025
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Mike the promoter and his right-hand man, Shorty, a person with dwarfism who comes in for page after page of ableist invective.—
Lauren Elkin,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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Oilers fans booed the American national anthem, and one woman used a lull to shout an invective about Mr. Trump.—
John Branch,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2025
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An anonymous handbill from 1837, later attributed to Lincoln, represents the young politician’s foray into Illinois state politics.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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The article also indicates that there were handbills posted around the city in advance of the meeting to publicize it.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
2 Apr. 2025
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In September 1967, his unit was in the Con Thien area when they were bombarded by heavy enemy artillery and a rocket barrage.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
25 May 2025
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That barrage prompted further salvos that led to the downing of Indian fighter jets (according to Pakistani and international media) and Pakistani jets (according to Indian media).—
AQIL SHAH,
Foreign Affairs,
23 May 2025
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Flash forward 92-plus years to Donald Trump’s rally Sunday at New York’s Madison Square Garden, a bleak, lurid festival of racist hate and profane vituperation so vile that even fellow Republicans, who have turned a blind eye to Trump’s character for years, are distancing themselves from the event.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Oct. 2024
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The politicization of the COVID response has only worsened this trend, likely resulting in part from Trump’s vituperation.—
Matt Motta,
Scientific American,
29 Oct. 2024
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But the bigger problem now is the big bang of agency memos, bulletins, circulars, and other forms of regulatory dark matter—edicts that bypass traditional public-notice rulemaking procedures, allegedly lack the force of law, yet few are brave enough to ignore.—
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr.,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Other ways to save on eggs include using store circulars, or buying them with a cash-back credit card.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
13 Feb. 2025
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But after the World Trade Center attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the movie was retooled with a new finale before being released in theaters on June 21, 2002.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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The Pacers, behind an unrelenting uptempo attack and superior depth, have won the third and fourth quarters in both games, as well as overtime in Game 1.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
24 May 2025
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The 2020 sales brochure noted that the plane was due for a landing gear overhaul in 2024 and a 12-year check in 2027.—
Jeremy Bogaisky,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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The league had delivered on the ambitious promise of its brochure.—
Rory Smith,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Broadside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broadside. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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