assailant
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But Megan didn’t name him as her assailant at first.
From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026
The assailant, she told investigators, offered to drive her to a nearby pay phone.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
She said the assailant had a local accent, with a trace of another, and a shiny hairless chest.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
From behind, a bystander—the man Australian officials identified as Ahmed—bear-tackled the assailant, put him in a headlock and stripped his gun from him.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025
And the more time the bodyguard has, the better his ability to read the mind of any potential assailant.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary lists containing assailant
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Franklin Roosevelt, "Four Freedoms" (1941)
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