salvo

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• He ends every day there and in the sauna, the hot-cold combination working as an opening salvo in the war against swelling.

• In the latest legal salvo, Democratic and Republican attorneys general from 38 states and territories, led by Colorado and Nebraska, took aim at a broad swath of Google’s digital empire.

• The jumbo-size deal for the workplace instant messaging service, announced Tuesday, can be viewed as a salvo directed at a common foe.

• The suit could be an opening salvo ahead of other major government antitrust actions, given ongoing investigations of major tech companies including Apple, Amazon and Facebook at both the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission.

• The online salvo targeted prominent Democratic politicians and news organizations on social media.

• Such standout performances have been rare: her big-screen blockbuster salvo, Batman Begins (2005), fizzled to nothing.

• In Chicago, too, a 100-gun salvo went off and every bell in the city rang out.

• The opening salvo was at the 1996 Oscars ceremony, where Silverstone presented the award for Best Makeup.

• Back in 2007, Roberts threw his first salvo in the affirmative action wars.

• He also strongly urged supporters not to interpret the change in hiring policy as a salvo in war over gay marriage.

• No more inquisitive cruisers ready to let fly a at anything that stirs.