blitz

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While Obama -- and public attention -- shifted foreign policy focus last week to Afghanistan, lost in the media blitz was another important report that examines how taxpayers will continue to pay for the Iraq occupation for years to come, withdrawal or not.

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  1. noun A blitzkrieg.
  2. noun A heavy aerial bombardment.
  3. noun An intense campaign: a media blitz focused on young voters.

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  • This was a foretaste of even worse things to come and marked the beginning of the blitz which is outside the scope of this book. —  The Narrow Margin
  • While Obama -- and public attention -- shifted foreign policy focus last week to Afghanistan, lost in the media blitz was another important report that examines how taxpayers will continue to pay for the Iraq occupation for years to come, withdrawal or not. —  Propeller Most Popular Stories
  • Cisco targets Sonos with consumer "blitz" - Cisco has pushed into the wireless home audio market, as it readies a "blitz" on the consumer market over the next three years. —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
  • The media blitz was the financial equivalent of Bush's "Mushroom Cloud" speech that suckered Congress into a needless war in Iraq. —  Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis
  • UHP says the primary reason for the blitz is to reduce alcohol-related crashes and make sure the public returns home safely by the end of the weekend. —  KSL / U.S. / National
 

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