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Four ice hockey players who were acquitted of sexual assault last year should remain barred from representing Canada at international level because they broke Hockey Canada's code of conduct, an independent appeals board has ruled.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Personally, I’ve launched a full-scale assault on the sweltering weather, including consulting heat researchers for strategies on staying cool at home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

"We condemn the assault to which the displaced Kurdish families were subjected during their return," Mazloum Abdi, leader of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces who signed the January deal with Damascus, said on X.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

If Giustiniani had not left, it is possible the assault would have failed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

There was no assault, however, and nought disturbed the countryside as we marched south toward the front.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

"Women who experience such assaults do not feel comfortable reporting them," she tells the BBC, speaking from Port Sudan, an army-held city in the east of Sudan.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Homeland Security has previously told news outlets it does not have a “domestic terrorist” database, but said it monitors incidents of “threats, assaults and obstruction” of its officers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

The Malian army confirmed the rebel assaults on the four towns and Kenieroba on Facebook Saturday morning, asserting that "these attacks were vigorously repelled" and that "the situation is completely under control."

From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026

How much will this hamper future criminal investigations of robberies, assaults, and other serious crimes?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

Because it was Saturday, Levy Pants had ceased its assaults upon the concept of free enterprise for the weekend.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

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

The protests have intensified in recent days after security guards assaulted a man near the protected area and footage of preparatory construction work and bulldozers on the beach was released.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

Christian Bojorquez argued in his closing statements to the jury that Officer William Jones believed that he was confronting a man with a gun who had already assaulted several people inside the store.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

Leo’s nose was assaulted by good smells—cedar, juniper, jasmine, peaches, and fresh herbs.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

A teenage boy, arrested on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker, was taken to Bury St Edmunds Police Investigation Centre and has since been released on bail until 4 October.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

The Justice Department has opened an investigation into writer E. Jean Carroll, who accused President Trump of sexually assaulting her 30 years ago, people familiar with the probe said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

As ProPublica and others have reported, citizens — including Garcia Venegas — accused of assaulting officers have not always been charged with assault.

From Salon ● May 24, 2026

Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 21, and Muhammad Amaad, 26, had denied assaulting Greater Manchester PC Zachary Marsden at the car park pay station area of terminal two on 23 July 2024.

From BBC ● May 20, 2026

There was no snowstorm, no churning sky, no assaulting cold on this side of the witch’s palace.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu