salvo

In 2012, Black paid $120 million for one of his favorite pieces, an Edvard Munch pastel of “The Scream,” which he sees as the opening salvo in the art world’s Modernist movement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

Martínez-Olguín’s order came after a hearing in Oakland on Friday that represented a first salvo between the two sides in the fight over a merger that would dramatically reshape the entertainment industry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Another drone salvo hit the Caspian Pipeline Consortium's terminal near the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk -- a key export route for Kazakh oil, partly owned by Chevron and Shell.

From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026

But it was the sight of loosehead prop Ox Nche stampeding through Ollie Chessum and Jamie George, with the England defence desperately, vainly backpedalling, that summed up a brutally chastening opening salvo.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

He concluded with an Adams salvo against “the peevish and fretful effusions of politicians,” then signed off as “J.A. In the 89 year of his age still too fat to last much longer.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

With the official status of talks between Washington and Tehran uncertain and ahead of a meeting in Pakistan on Monday with key regional players, daily salvoes of strikes across the region have continued unabated.

From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026

Certain Russian and Chinese submarines can fire salvoes of precision-guided cruise missiles from afar, potentially overwhelming carrier-fleet anti-missile defense.

From Reuters ● Mar. 9, 2017

The tone of the early salvoes dismayed Noura Bittar Søborg, a Syrian asylum seeker who fled Homs in 2011 and has managed to bring her father, mother and younger sister to Denmark.

From The Guardian ● May 30, 2015

Artillery salvoes were fired from an area that Nalyvaichenko said is under the control of a Cossack unit manned by Russian citizens.

From US News ● Feb. 15, 2015

Bugle peals resounded from ship and shore, while salvoes of artillery swept over the waves and reverberated among the cliffs.

From Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

We are already seeing the first salvos of this escalated warfare.

From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026

The first salvos in a drone attack help to identify the location of Russian air-defense systems, allowing the Ukrainians to determine where other unmanned aerial vehicles can find a way through, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

"Within days, however, Iran had shifted to smaller, more precisely targeted salvos, conserving remaining missiles and drones for specific high-value targets and concentrating fire where even near-misses cause significant damage."

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

Powell's remarks helped investors turn from the latest trade salvos between Washington and Beijing, with Trump last week threatening 100-percent tariffs owing to Chinese rate earth measures.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2025

Every day, the first minutes of class would be filled by harsh salvos of criticism aimed at Mr. Loring’s round, assailable figure leaning against his lectern.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy