Example Sentences

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Aerial crews have been bombarding the flaming hills with water and fire retardant to hold back the Palisades fire, which has expanded an additional 1,000 acres and is now menacing Brentwood.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2025

Russian colleagues have been bombarding me with apologies for the actions of their government.

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2022

Because strangers have been bombarding the family’s Facebook pages, Haug fears that people will look up their addresses.

From Washington Post • Oct. 6, 2021

Ads touting his positions on health care and climate change, as well as his entrepreneurial and political successes, have been bombarding TV markets across the country.

From Slate • Dec. 2, 2019

The Germans have been bombarding Poperinghe with very big shells to-day.

From At Ypres with Best-Dunkley by Floyd, Thomas Hope