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as in sideways
with one side faced forward one car hit the other broadside and crushed the passenger door

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broadside

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noun

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The written broadside that the agency’s top immigration official leveled against her own employees underscored the shift underway. Devlin Barrett, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2025 Trump delivered the broadside on Truth Social two hours after the Fed opted to maintain a key interest rate at its current level. Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2025 Experts say the broadside at Sotheby’s was made by one of those printers: Robert Luist Fowle of Exeter, New Hampshire. Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025 The latest one came on Monday – a ban on offshore oil and gas drilling – and drew a series of broadsides. Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for broadside
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  • Sixty seconds later, Mbappe equalised with a stunning right-footed volley following a slick one-two with Marcus Thuram.
    The Athletic UK Staff, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
  • There’s all sorts of different volleys in the air at this point.
    Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 7 Feb. 2025
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  • Squabbling coaches — Tindall had put his fingers to his lips to hush Unai Emery after Duran’s departure, earning invective in response — added to the sense of renaissance.
    George Caulkin, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Police officers have been injured, spit on and had objects hurled at them, the same invective screamed at them as the insurrectionists screamed at the Capitol Police on Jan. 6.
    Jeff Robbins, Boston Herald, 10 June 2024
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  • Its only adornment was a framed picture of Mazen, the same one that had been on the handbills.
    Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
  • An ordinance prohibiting the distribution of handbills or solicitation on private property before sunrise or after sunset — or 7 p.m., whichever is later.
    Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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  • Russia launches drone strike on Ukraine in wake of talks Hours after the U.S.-Russia discussions concluded with a commitment to continue talks, Russia launched a major missile and drone barrage into Ukraine.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 19 Feb. 2025
  • The low cost and the constant barrage of new material are surely factors.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 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
  • 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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  • 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
  • The Leader’s circulars feature items at these stores: Best Buy, Cash Wise Foods, EconoFoods, Factory Direct Furniture, Menards, Shopko, Slumberland Furniture, Target and Walmart Also, check out Sports, Looking Back, The Week Ahead, Picture from the Past, puzzles and more.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025
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  • Former President Joe Biden issued Fauci a pre-emptive federal pardon as a hedge against what Biden said could be politically motivated attacks.
    Jim Turner, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2025
  • On Friday and Saturday, the pope spoke on the phone to Rev. Gabriel Romanelli and his assistant, Father Yusuf Asad, in Gaza City, northern Gaza – who have been in frequent communication since Israel launched its war following the October 7 attacks.
    Antonia Mortensen, CNN, 17 Feb. 2025
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  • Gone are the days when our holiday choices were limited to destinations featured in travel agent windows or brochures.
    Dana Dunne, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Designers and production artists use InDesign to create a spectrum of print deliverables, such as books, brochures, newspapers, and magazines, and digital media, such as ebooks and interactive PDFs.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 11 Feb. 2025

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“Broadside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broadside. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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