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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
barrage .
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Examples
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She has not been "barraged" with telephone calls, having received eight to ten calls since December.
Lecia Shorter: Superdelegate Profile: Hawaii's Dr. Marie Dolly Strazar 2008
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Even after the pullback, Libyan forces barraged Misrata with dozens of rockets every day, inflicting some of the heaviest casualties of the past two months.
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We barraged his office with phone calls and e-mails in the days leading up to that meeting, and when the meeting came, he stated that he would vote in favor of decriminalization and that the bill would be brought to the Senate floor for a vote.
David Haseltine: In the War on Drugs, Youths Are Educators David Haseltine 2011
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We barraged his office with phone calls and e-mails in the days leading up to that meeting, and when the meeting came, he stated that he would vote in favor of decriminalization and that the bill would be brought to the Senate floor for a vote.
David Haseltine: In the War on Drugs, Youths Are Educators David Haseltine 2011
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He barraged volunteers with e-mails in his name, exhorting them to redouble their efforts and reinforcing the specific and coordinated messages they were to give voters.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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“Every day on television we are barraged by stories of a ‘Muslim extremist, militant, terrorist, or insurgent,’” Hassan said in the 2004 release.
Founder of US Islamic TV station accused of beheading wife 2009
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Why are we being barraged by these psychotic gay activist types over an issue that is not really valid in the first place?
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By being emotionally literate about what we're experiencing, executives can sidestep the 10-15 point drop in IQ that often occurs for those who are barraged by having to make decisions during times of emotional distress.
Chip Conley: The Chief Emotions Officer Chip Conley 2011
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Why are we being barraged by these psychotic gay activist types over an issue that is not really valid in the first place?
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By being emotionally literate about what we're experiencing, executives can sidestep the 10-15 point drop in IQ that often occurs for those who are barraged by having to make decisions during times of emotional distress.
Chip Conley: The Chief Emotions Officer Chip Conley 2011
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