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Better to go down in an artful slow-motion fusillade than to shuffle off the pop-culture map the way these guys do. Kyle Smith, National Review, "Bill & Ted Party On (and On)," 28 Aug. 2020

Taken as a whole, the rhetorical fusillade that’s been aimed at the NBA runs the gamut, from the unsubtle dog-whistles of the Breitbart set—and the president himself—to the pseudo-intellectualism of National Review’s roster of thinkfluencers. John Wilmes, The New Republic, "The NBA Is White Conservatives’ Favorite New Target for Racial Dog-Whistling," 26 Aug. 2020

But with it in place, the two sides typically went through a long buildup before officers let loose their fusillade. oregonlive, "Portland’s Justice Center fence: A daunting place after dark for both protesters and police," 28 June 2020

Moments later, an officer shoves a man, and shots ring out — a fusillade of pepper balls and wooden and rubber projectiles — even as the crowd flees in the opposite direction. Brian Chasnoff, ExpressNews.com, "The 'nonlethal' force that SAPD is using can seriously hurt people," 3 June 2020

The video shows white plumes of smoke in the dark night air as a fusillade of bullets hit the front of the Embassy, breaking a window and piercing a metal statue of Cuban revolutionary hero Jose Martí. Patrick Oppmann, CNN, "Cuba slams US over shooting attack on embassy in Washington," 12 May 2020

In the end, the IRA’s menagerie of false personas and fusillades of splenetic memes were arguably more effective at garnering sensationalistic headlines than shifting public opinion. Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, "The 2016 Election Was Just a Dry Run," 11 May 2020

The lax heeding of requests for people to stay at home generated a fusillade of disappointment, frustration and anger online. CBS News, "Coronavirus updates: U.S. death toll tops 14,000 as New York reports deadliest day," 8 Apr. 2020

An earlier fusillade in March killed killed two American servicemen and a British soldier. Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, "Attempts for Middle East ceasefires amid the coronavirus crisis have not stopped the fighting," 3 Apr. 2020

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