assault
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Brand also told jurors of the personal toll of the high-profile rape and sexual assault allegations, claiming friends and collaborators cut ties and that no one with relevant evidence wanted to testify on his behalf.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
Cornell’s board remains fully confident in Kotlikoff’s leadership, chair Anne Meinig Smalling said, calling his administration the “right leaders to thoughtfully and comprehensively address the serious problem of sexual assault on our campus.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
The former entertainer was acquitted of two other rape charges and one allegation of attempted indecent assault.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Cornell has already announced several preliminary reforms to support sexual assault victims, and has commissioned an independent probe into how it responded in 2024.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
His father’s Roman and Greek personalities screamed back and forth in Frank’s mind with the usual soundtrack of battle noises—explosions, assault rifles, roaring jet engines—all throbbing like a subwoofer behind Frank’s eyes.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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Referring to the assaults on Boxing Day and Valentine's Day, Farah told Gizzi: "I don't have one good memory with you".
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
Some of the officials described the assaults as defensive in nature to prevent Iran from having the freedom to attack commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Previous attacks by Iran on British soil have generally been low-tech assaults on Jewish sites or dissidents of the regime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
“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
“I’m sure that it was rather perceptive and incisive, whatever it was. I would imagine that it is rather difficult to comprehend her assaults upon the mother tongue.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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Belgium's Foreign Minister, Maxime Prevot, said a car from its consulate was damaged and that a French mayor, Bernard Baudoux, was assaulted.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
The thing is, by the time we’re assaulted by all that, we understand that Pamela has had it, too.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
A French mayor was assaulted and a Belgian vehicle was damaged, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
The following day, a 72-year-old Fresno resident shot and wounded an ICE agent whom police said had fallen asleep on the resident’s daughter’s front lawn, appeared “intoxicated and agitated” and allegedly assaulted the resident.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Then he assaulted toe first boughs manfully, while the gentlewoman ran about underneath, talking about hawks and husbands and toe nice weather they were having.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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“A grand jury found probable cause to indict Carlos Jimenez for assaulting a federal officer with his car,” McEvoy wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 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
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
The man hailed a hero for tackling one of the gunmen who killed 15 people at Bondi Beach has pleaded not guilty to allegedly assaulting his father, a Sydney court has heard.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
She walked outside, into the assaulting Phoenix heat, then went back inside.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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