assault
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Schorr and criminal defence attorneys, meanwhile, criticised the proposed changes to New York's sexual assault laws.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
From miles away, a commander in the rear tracking the assault can view the exact same battlefield map with real-time location data as the troops in the field.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
The county’s district attorney, who announced Monday his office would reopen an investigation into the alleged assault, cited New York’s laws around intoxication and consent in explaining why he initially did not pursue criminal charges.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
The theoretical model is believed to be the first time in a century that Canada planned for an American assault.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Like any good military mind, I decided that a direct assault was the wrong move.
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
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“This administration has been clear: anyone who assaults or obstructs law enforcement will be arrested and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Since then, Colombia has stepped up air assaults and authorized joint military operations with the United States.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
These videos depict a fun-loving land that welcomes foreigners and embraces friends at 250 years old despite all the advertised assaults on its social fabric.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
Ukrainians fear this could be the first in a wave of brutal assaults leading up to Ukrainian independence day on Monday—a date on which Moscow has often launched huge missile barrages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Just as had been the case so many times before, our naval bombardment and air assaults hadn’t been very effective in knocking out the coastal defenses.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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Conviction rates are lower than when the person assaulted was sober.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
Leto, in a statement shared with The Times on Wednesday, denied the allegations raised by the BBC documentary: “I have never sexually assaulted anyone in my entire life,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Hearing Platner deny that he assaulted Fifield, and seeing so many rally behind him and against her, was too much.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Caroll's attorney, Roberta Kaplan, said in a statement that the Supreme Court's decision "affirms once and for all the jury's unanimous verdict that President Donald J Trump sexually assaulted and defamed E Jean Carroll".
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
It was the same smell that had assaulted Mark and Alec when they’d approached their own village after chasing down the Berg and marching back.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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Robinson has served jail time in the U.K. on charges including assaulting an off-duty police officer, using a false passport to enter the U.S. and mortgage fraud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The father of one of the five men who were killed in a wrong-way crash with a police car has been charged with assaulting someone at his son's funeral.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Defence lawyer Mohamed Sakr said in court that the order prohibiting Ahmed from assaulting, threatening, stalking or intimidating his father had been accepted without admissions, according to national broadcaster ABC.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Under Essayli, federal prosecutors in L.A. have aggressively charged protesters with assaulting and impeding the actions of immigration agents, filing more than 100 cases.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
French, British, and Belgian armies, meanwhile, were assaulting German defenses along the rest of the Western Front.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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