If faced with a close quarter situation they would fire a full salvo of torpedoes before withdrawing at high speed.    From LearnThat.org.  [yourdictionary.com]

There was a salvo of approval.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

His partner in crime in this opening salvo is J.H. Williams III.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seven Soldiers of Victory #0 | Kung Fu Rodeo] Reference

The A.P. was below when the salvo from the German cruiser struck the ship.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War] Reference

Prediction: The next salvo from the McCain camp will reference Obama's vote FOR the "Cheney Energy Bill.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama Responds to McCain Conservation Ad - Swampland - TIME.com] Reference

So the last salvo is usually to establish a patent much in the same vein as the anemic Microsoft - in order to stifle competition.    From Wordnik.com.  [Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Blackboard wins patent on e-learning] Reference

The latest hate-filled salvo is from Lou Sheldon's Traditional Values Coalition Web site.    From Wordnik.com.  [11/01/2005] Reference

The four proposers have each written an opening 500-word salvo for Guardian Unlimited.    From Wordnik.com.  [Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk] Reference

One day before reporting quarterly earnings, Microsoft unveiled its latest salvo, which is the operating system, Windows 7.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 22, 2009] Reference

My idea of an opening tactical salvo is to look at the car’s sticker price and say to the salesperson, ‘This looks like a good deal!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Just Wondering] Reference

“Skipper, another salvo is being launched.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [365 tomorrows » 2010 » March : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference

"This is a kind of salvo fired by the council telling him - 'There's no safe harbor here.'".    From Wordnik.com.  [chron.com Chronicle] Reference

On its publication in 1669 Dryden honestly admitted its former failure, though with a kind of salvo for his self-love.    From Wordnik.com.  [Among My Books First Series] Reference

In the latest salvo in its saga with well-known investor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hot Topic, DineEquity Rise; Movado Declines 5%] Reference

Desperately and very nearly from the heart, I tried one last salvo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Torme Gets Hip to 'Zaz Turned Blue'] Reference

It was an early salvo in the difficult and painful war here at home.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sounds Of Silence] Reference

The options market gave little sign that investors expect another salvo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Traders Cash In 3PAR Bets] Reference

Yet at this event my opening salvo was several times "I LOVE your dress.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Val Brown: MadWomen of Madison Avenue Convene for Kudos] Reference

While the initial salvo was fired months ago, the aftershocks are still being felt.    From Wordnik.com.  [DOES COSBY HELP?] Reference

They mark the opening salvo of China's closed-door equivalent of a midterm election.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beijing Battle] Reference

Obama got in the first major salvo — which Hillary has answered with an entire Panzer division.    From Wordnik.com.  [Web Of Intrigue] Reference

Celera Genomics fired a new salvo in the race to understand the genetic basis of biology last week.    From Wordnik.com.  [Genome Milestone] Reference

So it's not surprising that, days before his retirement, he hurled one last toxic rhetorical salvo.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mahathir Mystique] Reference

So it was fitting that Contreras was the starting pitcher for the opening salvo of the ancient rivalry.    From Wordnik.com.  [Starr Gazing: Evil Empire Redux] Reference

Dec. 23 marks the 25th anniversary of the National Cancer Act. It was the first salvo in "the war on cancer.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cancer Killer] Reference

Rocket salvo lands near Israel's port of Eilat and Jordan's port of Aqaba, with suspicions they came from Sinai.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rockets Hit Cities in Jordan, Israel] Reference

The latest salvo in this longstanding debate comes not from philosophers, economists or priests, but from the lab.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Fair Monkey] Reference

In that context, Washington's indictment of the Bosnian Serbs was another salvo, calculated to soften up an enemy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Softening Up The Enemy] Reference

The latest salvo in that fight was the recent TV mini-series "The Reagans," which was supposed to air on the CBS network.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conservatives Ruined My Sex Life!] Reference

They've even launched a salvo on a National Day parade attended by President Hamid Karzai, sending him fleeing for cover.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shellshocked] Reference

Petty carping had flared out of both camps before the meeting, and continue to this day; Venter's book is the latest salvo.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great Race] Reference

A dinner for Ellen becomes a ritual of obliteration as the social arbiters, in a salvo of smiles, dispatch her back to Europe.    From Wordnik.com.  [This Fall's A Ball] Reference

Yeltsin's team "has failed, and they don't like failure" was his latest salvo, published last week in the daily Komsomolskaya Pravda.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nothing Personal] Reference