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  • They plan a blitz of attack ads during the last two weeks of the campaign.
    blitz = a swift, overwhelming offensive
  • "Let's make it have something to do with the war," suggested Bobby Zane. "Like a blitzkrieg or something."   (source)
    blitzkrieg = a swift attack intended to overwhelm the enemy
  • Hitler had unleashed his blitzkrieg across Europe, his Soviet allies had followed, and the continent had exploded into total war.†   (source)
  • They had advanced so rapidly, the famous German strategy of Blitzkrieg, "lightning war," that their supply lines couldn't keep up with them.†   (source)
  • Or some blitzkrieg, some kamikaze, committed on the swelling genitalia of the flowers?†   (source)
  • "Yeah, but he doesn't really go into blitzkrieg mode until classes start," Chip said nonchalantly.†   (source)
  • The fall and winter had brought the inevitable, all of it, with blitzkrieg speed.†   (source)
  • The first days of the German blitzkrieg saw the following scene take place: the wife of a Pole called Stanislaw Cieciora went to a prisoner of war camp in Pabianice where she had been told her wounded husband, a soldier in the defeated army, was being held; he must have been afraid he would be killed by the victors.†   (source)
  • Awed by the German blitzkrieg into France in May of 1940, Japan pushed into French Indochina.†   (source)
  • After the first blitzkrieg round of drinks, we settled into slow-sipping—beer in my case, the house wine in Kate's.†   (source)
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  • He's mounting a hidden economic blitzkrieg, putting all trade, all of the territory's financial institutions under the control of a "neutral" commission, a clearing house approved by Peking which means approved by him.†   (source)
  • In her entire life she had known just two urban places—tiny Cracow in its Gothic repose and later the shapeless rubble heap of Warsaw after the Blitzkrieg.†   (source)
  • I also knew that I was too young to handle the blitzkrieg that had just rolled over me.†   (source)
  • "We could figure out some kind of blitzkrieg baseball," I said.   (source)
  • "Blitzkrieg," repeated Finny doubtfully.   (source)
  • "We'll call it blitzkrieg ball," said Bobby.   (source)
  • They were in utter chaos during the blitz.
    blitz = swift attack intended to overwhelm
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  • I never saw him knocked backwards, not even by blitzing linebackers.†   (source)
  • On each passing play Ayers would first check to make sure that no other Giant was blitzing up the middle, then skip backwards and to his left and meet the onrushing Taylor.†   (source)
  • Zu took off at a run, blitzing down the aisles of extension cords and buckets.†   (source)
  • We were blitzing everybody—and often—bringing a bunch of guys at a time.†   (source)
  • Carlson went over the defensive game plan first: lots of zones, not much blitzing.†   (source)
  • In two strides I was past the linemen and the blitzing linebackers and was into the secondary.†   (source)
  • They're going to be blitzing," Drew said.†   (source)
  • Coach Mullen knew exactly what my check was on this certain play, so they showed like they were blitzing but didn't.†   (source)
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  • Chris had tossed back a few drinks that night and was pretty blitzed.†   (source)
  • Neumann Two leads Werner to the open back of an unwashed Opel Blitz, a cross-country three-ton truck with a wooden shell built onto the back.†   (source)
  • They stood outside Balham tube station, which in three months' time would achieve its terrible form of fame in the Blitz.†   (source)
  • I blitzed through the bark-covered playground, looking for new, adventurous things to do.†   (source)
  • Carlson guessed pass and sent the two outside linebackers on a blitz.†   (source)
  • Destroyed during the blitz.†   (source)
  • The Vikings blitz with what appears to be their entire team and sack Montana.†   (source)
  • Everyone was quickly blitzed, and soon Mae lost Annie, and then got lost entirely, eventually finding her way to the bocce courts, which were being used by a small group of older Circlers, all of them at least thirty, to roll cantaloupes into bowling pins.†   (source)
  • I'd seen some horrific photos of the Blitz in World War II, but that was nothing compared to this.†   (source)
  • A psychotic blitz.†   (source)
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  • He parks down the road from a restaurant that hangs out on stilts over the lake, a barbecue place known for its giant souvenir cups of boozy drinks with bad names: Gator Juice and Bassmouth Blitz.†   (source)
  • Life will survive almost any blitz.†   (source)
  • As soon as Aro gave the order, the blitz would ensue, me the only object.†   (source)
  • At first we were worried that they wanted to block the trade routes, but they blitzed right past those.†   (source)
  • Tierney is completely blitzed and struggling for clarity while she watches this play out.†   (source)
  • Clary was oddly reminded of photos she'd seen of the Blitz in London, where destruction had rained down haphazardly from the sky.†   (source)
  • Given the media blitz, there was talk of whether twelve jurors who hadn't formed a reaction to this crime could even be found, but they managed to locate us.†   (source)
  • She didn't want a tricky, media blitzed trial.†   (source)
  • He understood that Wu would want to stay out of sight, but the worst of the media blitz had subsided.†   (source)
  • In a blitz of polar air one night they lost thirty head of cattle and chipped them from the ice a week later like the fallen statues of an ancient creed.†   (source)
  • The media blitz we had just seen on TV and online was jarring.†   (source)
  • They blitzed us, and we read it and beat the blitz for a touchdown to CI, taking our lead to 24-14.†   (source)
  • He had expected Carter to blitz and instead the big guard had pulled back and skirted the line, annihilating Jerry from behind.†   (source)
  • Again and again, Max hammered at his opponent in a blitz of expert thrusts, jabs, and slashes that effectively transformed his single weapon into many.†   (source)
  • Some of them are old clippings, and show Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose, in Girl Guide uniforms, making radio and other speeches during the Blitz.†   (source)
  • He will have to take care not to get blitzed.†   (source)
  • Britain suffered worse in the Blitz.†   (source)
  • That fall, carrying newspapers with gigantic headlines that told of the blitz on London, I marveled at the destruction of a civilization I'd thought eternal.†   (source)
  • A constant blitz.†   (source)
  • The blitz was a yearlong campaign that happened long before my birth, when my mom was still a baby.†   (source)
  • He was right—but it wasn't the blitz that blew up the play.†   (source)
  • Blitz grabbed Hearth to keep him from tumbling into traffic.†   (source)
  • Even without his gauze netting, Blitz looked a little gray.†   (source)
  • I had no idea why my old friend Blitz had abruptly disappeared.†   (source)
  • "A new and improved body," Blitz agreed, squeezing my biceps in admiration.†   (source)
  • Blitz didn't touch the blade, but he passed his hand over it reverently.†   (source)
  • He pressed it against the gushing wound and Blitz gasped.†   (source)
  • Blitz sat on the dock and unzipped the bowling bag.†   (source)
  • Hearthstone hugged him fiercely, crushing Blitz's face against his chest.†   (source)
  • Somehow, Blitz and Hearth must've followed me here.†   (source)
  • "Well, we can't dispel the illusion outright," Blitz murmured.†   (source)
  • I should've insisted that Blitz stay in Mimir's safe house eating delivery pizza.†   (source)
  • Blitz set his hand protectively next to Hearth's feet.†   (source)
  • When we find the Skofnung Stone …. there is a way to un-petrify Blitz, right?†   (source)
  • Blitz yelped as the bone moved back into place.†   (source)
  • The bum who woke me was a guy called Blitz.†   (source)
  • Blitz held a broadsword he must have retrieved from a zombie.†   (source)
  • "Blitz and Hearth"—my voice trembled—"is there any alarm you guys failed to set off?"†   (source)
  • "They could just be terrifying inanimate corpses," Blitz said.†   (source)
  • Blitz, I think I speak for all of us when I say that Junior can shove his Granny Shuffler—†   (source)
  • Blitz yelled, like this idea hadn't occurred to us.†   (source)
  • Blitz pointed to the crest of the next hill about half a mile away, where a strange palace gleamed.†   (source)
  • Over at the bowling bag, Blitz and Jack kept working on their entry in the Great Jotunheim Sew-Off.†   (source)
  • Blitz pushed down the sides of the bag, revealing …. yep, a severed head.†   (source)
  • "Besides," Blitz said, "if there's a tomb here, it'll be underground.†   (source)
  • Nobody complained about Blitz and Hearth's presence.†   (source)
  • He stood there while Blitz smacked him across the head with the MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS sign.†   (source)
  • Blitz ran his fingers across the brim of his pith helmet, pinching the edge of the black veil.†   (source)
  • Blitz wasn't heavy, but he had gravity and surprise on his side.†   (source)
  • Blitz cursed—at least, I thought it was a curse until Sam and I reached the corner and faltered.†   (source)
  • Alex complained when Blitz estimated his time until completion.†   (source)
  • Blitz held up the end of the rope and whistled appreciatively.†   (source)
  • First I thought Blitz had spotted an actual duck.†   (source)
  • I noticed this because Blitz had recently given me a drastic haircut and my exposed neck was cold.†   (source)
  • Blitz, your next two items are going to be awesome.†   (source)
  • "No need to fear," Blitz muttered to himself.†   (source)
  • "So, Blitz," Miles said, "what brings you to Casa de Awesome?"†   (source)
  • "Ah," Blitz said, "but we have the best sewing needle in the world!"†   (source)
  • "Yes, Mom," Blitz said, rolling his eyes.†   (source)
  • Blitz and Hearthstone stumbled along together, Sam close behind.†   (source)
  • Blitz spoke calmly, like he was addressing a Nidavellir kindergarten class.†   (source)
  • Blitz stepped forward and raised his creation.†   (source)
  • "My point is, you've got real talent," Blitz told him.†   (source)
  • As soon as the running water cascaded over Blitz's head, his form began to soften.†   (source)
  • Blitz unceremoniously shoved the head in the water, bag and all.†   (source)
  • Blitz limped along, zigzagging from shadow to shadow as best he could.†   (source)
  • "More importantly," Blitz said, "where are the others?"†   (source)
  • "Blitz," I said, "do what you need to do.†   (source)
  • Another zombie jabbed at Blitzen's chest, but Blitz's chain-mail-lined vest bent the blade.†   (source)
  • Blitz was struggling with his shorter stride, so I grabbed him and jumped.†   (source)
  • Blitz was weaving a larger, more complicated piece of metal fabric.†   (source)
  • Then we joined Blitz and Hearth at the table.†   (source)
  • Blitz's eyes were starting to lose focus.†   (source)
  • Blitz wrapped his pith helmet in its dark netting.†   (source)
  • Blitz yanked his hand free from his dance partner, who collapsed into pieces.†   (source)
  • I glanced back at Sam, Blitz, and Hearth, who'd been forced to watch from behind the railing.†   (source)
  • Blitz limped into the shadow of the closed concession stand.†   (source)
  • "Like we did with Fenris Wolf," Blitz muttered.†   (source)
  • BLITZ AND HEARTH were waiting for us outside the New England Aquarium.†   (source)
  • He sat next to Blitz, his polka-dot scarf trailing in blood.†   (source)
  • "Very bad," Sam and Blitz said in unison.†   (source)
  • When I woke the next morning, Blitz and Hearth were gone.†   (source)
  • "But one way," Blitz said, "would be to cut him loose.†   (source)
  • "If the legends are true," Blitz added, "this mansion has over six hundred floors.†   (source)
  • "And when I healed Blitz's arm, or walked into that wall of flames on the Longfellow Bridge ….†   (source)
  • According to Blitz, the net fabric was his own design.†   (source)
  • I hoped Blitz and Hearth had gotten there safely.†   (source)
  • Hearthstone rushed around the workstation, bringing Blitz extra materials and tools.†   (source)
  • Sam, Blitz, and Hearth edged away from the zombie.†   (source)
  • Blitz handed his pack to Hearthstone, then wriggled his stubby fingers.†   (source)
  • "And when that doesn't work," Blitz said, "we improvise."†   (source)
  • I didn't pay much attention to what Blitz was making—something small, woven from chain.†   (source)
  • "I am Sir Blitz scrambled to Hearth's side and also knelt.†   (source)
  • Saving Blitz was more important than getting revenge.†   (source)
  • Blitz hit the Black One with his MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS sign.†   (source)
  • To me, the stairwell smelled only like wet elf, dwarf, and Magnus, but I took Blitz's word for it.†   (source)
  • Behind him pooled the parachute—a swath of turquoise silk that exactly matched Blitz's suit.†   (source)
  • "So, Magnus," Blitz said, his voice hoarse, "you might want to look around."†   (source)
  • "Not only that," Blitz said, "but the contest scandal with Junior?†   (source)
  • Blitz threw the bowling bag like a grenade into the woods.†   (source)
  • At the mention of his father, Blitz's face clouded over.†   (source)
  • "Stop stepping on my toes," Blitz grumbled.†   (source)
  • Blitz stood straight, which didn't make him much taller.†   (source)
  • He signed to Blitz that he could have stopped Loki if he'd had it.†   (source)
  • I waited for an explanation, but Blitz just studied the sculptures.†   (source)
  • Sam, Alex, Blitz, and Hearth accompanied me to the elevators.†   (source)
  • The tendons in Blitz's neck looked like they might bust his well-starched collar.†   (source)
  • Blitz pulled off his Frank Sinatra hat and punched right through it.†   (source)
  • "Yes, Mom," Blitz grumbled, "I'm sure about the vest.†   (source)
  • Blitz squinted at the sunrise, which was turning the skyscraper windows orange.†   (source)
  • "Yeah, but, Blitz," I said, "this is a giant's bag.†   (source)
  • Blitz rubbed his nose, which had been broken so many times it zigzagged like a lightning bolt.†   (source)
  • After we fed Blitz some lunch, he and Jack got to work on the actual stitching.†   (source)
  • "Depending on the gods," Blitz murmured.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, Blitz was so happy, I didn't want to bring him down.†   (source)
  • I gestured at Blitz, who lay in an expanding pool of red.†   (source)
  • We ate quickly, because Blitz was raring to get back to work.†   (source)
  • Blitz cradled Hearth's head in his lap like he was trying to protect the elf from our conversation.†   (source)
  • "Which I've been doing," Blitz said, "for two years now.†   (source)
  • "Blitz," I said, "you sound like you know him."†   (source)
  • Magnus, how about you, Alex, and Blitz take our horse friend?†   (source)
  • Charging up the bridge came my buddies Blitz and Hearth.†   (source)
  • "The point is," Blitz said, "I've been considering a perthro bag—a bag that can never be filled.†   (source)
  • I wanted to tell her to go to Helheim, but Blitz and Hearth had always seemed a little …. unusual.†   (source)
  • I unfastened the Skofnung Stone from my belt and handed it to Blitz.†   (source)
  • "Don't you start with the sarcasm," Blitz said.†   (source)
  • "Kid," Blitz said, "the more frequently you travel between the worlds, the harder it gets.†   (source)
  • For reasons I'd never quite understood, Blitz hated the daylight.†   (source)
  • While Jack and Blitz talked strategy, Alex and I made camp.†   (source)
  • Blitz wedged his back against a tree and stared at Hearth with concern.†   (source)
  • I'm guessing"—I pointed at Blitz—"you're the dwarf?"†   (source)
  • While Sam and Hearth sat with Blitz, trying to console him, I paced the room.†   (source)
  • Blitz clasped his hands near where the Skofnung Sword had pierced him.†   (source)
  • "And he can't simply bust into an earth giant's lair," Blitz added.†   (source)
  • "So, anyway," Blitz said, "you fell in the river and died.†   (source)
  • Sam, Alex, Blitz, Hearth, and I got comfortable with lots of squeaking leather and creaking wood.†   (source)
  • Blitz tried to brush the cinders off his white shirt.†   (source)
  • He leaned against Blitz, giggling silently and making random signs like, Butterfly.†   (source)
  • He went back to the kitchen, leaving Blitz and me alone with Taylor Swift singing "I Know Places."†   (source)
  • Blitz's description of them made me curious.†   (source)
  • BLITZ LED US down the Esplanade, where a pier extended into an icy lagoon.†   (source)
  • I couldn't see Randolph and Blitz anywhere.†   (source)
  • My old buddy Blitz lay on his back, moaning and cradling his left arm.†   (source)
  • "Blitz, you must have a specialty," Samirah was saying.†   (source)
  • "While I'm gone," Blitz said, "Hearthstone will take you to the funeral home.†   (source)
  • Every crafted item has a soul, Blitz had told me.†   (source)
  • Behind me, Blitz and Sam yelled helpful stuff like "Hey!†   (source)
  • He signed, fart ell Blitz pointedly ignored him.†   (source)
  • I placed my hand gently on Blitz's forearm.†   (source)
  • Only tried that once before, when I met Blitz.†   (source)
  • He spotted a metal pail, picked it up, and slammed it over Blitz's head.†   (source)
  • Somehow Blitz managed to hold up my uncle.†   (source)
  • His caterpillar eyebrows wriggled with concern as he refilled Blitz's goblet.†   (source)
  • After the children of Fenris killed your mother, I sent Blitz and Hearth to guard you.†   (source)
  • "Either that," Blitz said, "or he'll chop us into small pieces.†   (source)
  • Sam and Blitz and Hearth were in no shape to fight.†   (source)
  • "A making," Blitz muttered into his goblet, "is the dwarven contest.†   (source)
  • He glanced distastefully at Hearth, Blitz, and Sam.†   (source)
  • I felt happy for Blitz, though it was hard to think about yet another one of my friends going away.†   (source)
  • What can we do to help Blitz win the contest?†   (source)
  • "Kid, this is Thor's backup weapon," Blitz explained.†   (source)
  • I was hopeless at it, but being forced to give me directions seemed to increase Blitz's confidence.†   (source)
  • "That's the traditional wager," Blitz said.†   (source)
  • "We're not having this discussion again," Blitz said.†   (source)
  • I studied Blitz's beard, wondering if he dyed out the gray whiskers.†   (source)
  • GUNILLA JABBED HER spear tip against Blitz's jugular.†   (source)
  • She was— His hands froze when he noticed Blitz's bag.†   (source)
  • "Actually," Blitz said, "humans don't look that different from dwarves and elves."†   (source)
  • Blitz found the recycling chute and yanked it open.†   (source)
  • As long as Blitz and Hearth had gotten away safely.†   (source)
  • In fact"—Blitz narrowed his eyes—"we could still be in an illusion.†   (source)
  • "Blitz," I said, "get my uncle out of here.†   (source)
  • "Dwarves count years from the creation of our species," Blitz said.†   (source)
  • A few steps down the alley, Blitz was trapped in a net of light.†   (source)
  • No sign of Blitz or Hearthstone, which made me apprehensive.†   (source)
  • "It doesn't taste like Kool-Aid," Blitz objected.†   (source)
  • "Answers," Blitz said, "whether we want them or not.†   (source)
  • Blitz set down the bowling bag, then signed while he spoke.†   (source)
  • "Okay," Blitz admitted, "maybe I'm petrifying a little, but—"†   (source)
  • Sam clearly wanted to bolt, but she allowed Hearth and Blitz to steer her into the food court.†   (source)
  • Blitz didn't react, but the pail crumpled into the shape of his skull.†   (source)
  • And then: Cheer up, they build weapons later, and use the blitz against the Arabs.†   (source)
  • Then I'd gulp down breakfast, blitz through my chores, race down the stairs and slam the front door shut, after yelling to Mrs. Catanze that I was leaving.†   (source)
  • There was nothing for the Ole Miss quarterback to do but drop back and wait to be buried under the Mississippi State blitz.†   (source)
  • It took a clobbering in the Blitz—I wasn't there, thank God—and the replacement buildings and the tower block are a national disgrace.†   (source)
  • Juanita came with the blitz.†   (source)
  • The Great Sanitation* (sometimes called "the blitz") lasted less than a month, but afterward all the wild spaces were cleared of the disease.†   (source)
  • They're not even supposed to exist; supposedly, all the people who live in the Wilds were destroyed over fifty years ago, during the blitz.†   (source)
  • "The blitz didn't get everything."†   (source)
  • I think again of the house that somehow survived the blitz and now stands out there in the Wilds, perfectly preserved but totally uninhabited, with wildflowers growing through all its rooms.†   (source)
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