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“This assault on founding teams is happening at every stage,” he added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

What would compel a consultant to dismiss signs that a candidate has contemptible views on sexual assault?

From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2026

Ramirez was detained for five days and charged with trying to assault a federal officer and interfere with their work — a case that went nowhere because he did no such things.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Tracy said it "beggars belief that they couldn't see any physical assault there".

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Peter, serving his master as gentleman’s man, traveled with the rebel army as they marched to launch their assault upon Lord Dunmore and our gathering forces at Norfolk.

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

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

By catching “the occasion by the forelock,” as one admirer later put it, Washington’s twin assaults revived both American fortunes and his battlefield reputation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

However, a spokesperson said the new legislation had been proposed by the minister "in light of increasing concerns about assaults on a range of workers who serve the public".

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

Like us, they are tired—exhausted really—from being vigilant against assaults, from trying to stay on The Beast.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads

"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

“To enter Colossal’s 55,000-square-foot Dallas headquarters is to find one’s senses fairly assaulted by the Power of Tech,” the publication wrote, describing it as a place where “many wondrous things are happening.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

Standing in line wedged among many people, my nostrils are assaulted by the stale smell of bodies that have not been washed for many days.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

First Minister John Swinney has apologised to a Dundee girl who brandished weapons at a Bulgarian man who was later convicted of assaulting her, after previously warning against "misinformation" around the incident.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 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

Weinstein was initially convicted of assaulting Mann in 2020, but that verdict, along with another charge, was overturned in April 2024.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026

Perhaps he had found a means of assaulting the effrontery of M. Minkoff.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole