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Theodore J. Boutrous Jr., a lawyer representing CNN, MS NOW and Politico, called the ban “a direct assault on the First Amendment and a blatant violation of due process.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

"These towns can be fun assault courses," he sighs.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

Swift countersued for sexual assault and battery, asking for $1 in damages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Nevertheless, Thursday’s news that a jury in Norristown, Pennsylvania, found Cosby guilty on three counts of aggravated indecent assault against Andrea Constand, a former Temple University employee, came as a shock.

From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2018

Like any good military mind, I decided that a direct assault was the wrong move.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen

For the past few months, the territory near Kramatorsk and Slovyansk has been the main focus of Russian ground assaults.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Since then, Colombia has stepped up air assaults and authorized joint military operations with the United States.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

His 2020 conviction and 23-year prison sentence in New York for other alleged assaults was overturned and juries were deadlocked in subsequent retrials involving one of his accusers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 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

He possessed a flinty self-confidence that protected him like a shell from the world’s assaults.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

But it relies on the mother being willing to file a report that she has been assaulted - because this kick starts the registration process.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

"I have never sexually assaulted anyone in my entire life," the 54-year-old actor said in a statement.

From Barron's ● 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

Sentencing had been delayed for a re-trial on additional charges that Amaaz had also assaulted a male police officer, but the jury again failed to reach a decision and he was cleared.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 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

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

He also denied assaulting the executive director and said he did not threaten female labor leaders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Also on Thursday, a second man, 50-year-old Matt Styler, of Gosport, pleaded not guilty to assaulting a police officer.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 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

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