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 filing is the latest salvo in a legal feud between the two companies, one that was — in CAA’s telling of events — set in motion after a set of high-profile agents allegedly defected from the agency with trade secrets to help CEO Peter Micelli run an unlicensed competitor.
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Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 25 Nov. 2025
Armed with thermobaric rockets, a full salvo can blanket roughly 40,000 square meters (430,556 square feet) in seconds, generating intense overpressure capable of destroying bunkers, fortified positions, lightly armored vehicles, and concentrations of personnel.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 19 Nov. 2025
In April 2024, after Iran launched its first aerial attack on Israel, Biden told Netanyahu that the United States would not support an Israeli counterattack against Iran, urging him to take the unsuccessful nature of the Iranian salvo as a win, thanks to joint defensive operations.
—Rebecca Lissner, Foreign Affairs, 14 Nov. 2025
And this series of columns, published in an academic journal named the Journal of Economic Perspectives, was a sort of opening salvo for this revolution.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
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On Tuesday, the couple closed their store for a week, fearing for the safety of their employees after a barrage of complaints.—
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In the third quarter, Seguin scored twice to extend the scoring barrage to 23-0.—
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The 50-year mortgage proposal came amid a flurry of posts from Pulte, a member of one of America’s most prominent homebuilding families, who was fresh off a Friday appearance at ResiDay, a residential real estate conference hosted by ResiClub.—
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Prospect Avenue was renamed Hollywood Boulevard, and a flurry of tony hotels, palatial theaters and glitzy boutiques opened along the stretch between Vine Street and Highland Avenue.—
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Alas responded with a volley of gunfire that struck the armored vehicle and ran away before officers returned fire.—
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Soleimani’s killing was the opening volley of that new world order, and from there, everything could be justified.—
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“Salvo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salvo. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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