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In cafes, buses and planes, iPhones assault the air with music, TikTok videos and, most annoyingly, speakerphone calls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

He was cleared of assault and intentional strangulation following a seven-day trial in Caernarfon, Gwynedd, in 2025.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

The famed Mexican American fighter from Oxnard — who at one point was the youngest U.S. national amateur champion — also faced legal troubles of his own for his role in a 1999 assault case.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 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

He signaled Fangburn to begin the diversionary assault.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

On the London Underground, recorded assaults increased 20% to 5,534 in the latest year, but reported workforce assaults fell 3% to 3,525.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 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

Ukrainians fear this could be the first in a wave of brutal assaults leading up to Ukrainian independence day on Monday—a date on which Moscow has often launched huge missile barrages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 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

The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected for a second time President Donald Trump's attempt to overturn a jury judgment that he sexually assaulted and defamed writer E Jean Carroll.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 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

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

In many of the cases, Bis said, the claimants impeded or assaulted agents.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

She curled herself into a ball, but as she closed her eyes, memories assaulted her, so she sat back up, leaning against the rough wooden wall.

From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper

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

Former boxing world champion Joe Cordina has denied assaulting a man outside a petrol station, a court has heard.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 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 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

The winds that had been assaulting us suddenly disappeared.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda