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volley
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volley as in:  a volley of...

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    A sudden volley of arrows rained down from the cliff above.
    volley = barrage or concentrated outpouring
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    ...his first volley of missiles zipped harmlessly over our heads.  (source)
    volley = a rapid or simultaneous discharge of projectiles
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    Then rifle fire split the air. Around us women began to weep. A second volley. A third. For two hours the executions went on.  (source)
    volley = a simultaneous discharge of bullets
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    At that moment there was a volley of gunfire.  (source)
    volley = a rapid or simultaneous discharge of bullets or other projectiles
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    The Squirrels bombarded him with volleys of nuts but he only covered his head with his hands and tried to keep out of the way.  (source)
    volleys = a rapid or simultaneous discharge of projectiles
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    Now the fire was nearer; those volleying shots were great limbs, trunks even, bursting.  (source)
    volleying = rapidly following one another
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    I tensed myself for the volley of blows that I knew was coming, but nothing happened.  (source)
    volley = a rapid series
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    …warm rains, when all the hills and valleys smoked; the beautiful misty mornings when nobody knew where they would ...and the mad rush and blaze and hullabaloo of the last night's drive, when the elephants poured into the stockade like boulders in a landslide, found that they could not get out, and flung themselves at the heavy posts only to be driven back by yells and flaring torches and volleys of blank cartridge.  (source)
    volleys = rapid or simultaneous firing
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    The wind rushes through the trees and releases a new volley of rain. have a feeling that we have something in common, you and me.  (source)
    volley = a rapid or simultaneous discharge of projectiles
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    The cheers from across the gym were like volleys of arrows piercing our grand delusion.†  (source)
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    The crash of scraping metal was followed immediately by a volley of Spanish hurled at me from all directions.  (source)
    volley = barrage or outpouring
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    I've switched him to decal," Mom volleys back.†  (source)
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    I'd like to blame her for what may come, take dead aim and whack this big ball of guilt across the net, into her court, wait for her well-deserved volley.  (source)
    volley = return of the ball (figuratively)
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volley in sports

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    They were especially excited to win such a long volley.
    volley = continuous in-the-air play
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    Then, after tossing the ball in the air and serving hard, he raced toward the side of the court to keep the volley going.  (source)
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    And then, because, let's face it, I'm basically an Olympic god when it comes to sports, I manage to volley the ball right into your face.  (source)
    volley = return
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    Perhaps the most surprising thing I discovered was that through the stories we volleyed back and forth in letters and over the metal divider of the prison's visiting room, Wes and I had indeed, as Wideman wrote, "collapsed the distance" between our worlds.†  (source)
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    He and Newt started launching grenades like crazy, volleying them all along the open area in front of their waiting Berg.†  (source)
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    As practices progressed, Luma would add a new twist at the end of the routine—a drill in which she fed balls to shooters, who were expected to volley the ball before it touched the ground, for example, or a new passing combination.  (source)
    volley = return
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    And so they volleyed Szpirglas among themselves, tearing at him and feeding off him as he fell.†  (source)
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    Too many conflicts, volleying inside my head, bouncing off the interior of my skull.†  (source)
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    Their remarks and responses were like a Ping-Pong game with each volley clearing the net and flying back to the opposition.  (source)
    volley = return of the ball
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    With a pair of loud cracks he volleyed two more bullets over our heads, just to drive his point home.†  (source)
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    Nick sat reading a magazine with the hollow knocks volleying back from the far wall, across eight lanes.†  (source)
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    They had the serve—always a disadvantage in beach volleyball, since points were scored with every volley and the team returning the serve had the chance to set and spike the ball—but Scott sent a knuckleball serve over the net that forced Tyson out of position.  (source)
    volley = continuous in-the-air play
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    Regis watched the spectacle as the opposing sides volleyed back and forth, but the halfling's own credibility had been destroyed, and he had no impact on the rest of the meeting.†  (source)
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