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assailant

[uh-say-luhnt] / əˈseɪ lənt /


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Is Holmes’ husband trying to maneuver the situation because he cares for his wife, or because his behavioral patterns mirror those of Balwani and Holmes’ assailant?

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

While a screening error might have let a weapon through, a motivated assailant should have been detected and caught long before reaching the airport, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The stall had posted a video on its Facebook page over the weekend seeking help to identify the alleged assailant.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

Secret Service agents tackled the alleged assailant before he was able to reach the ballroom where the gala was taking place.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

Anyone who is familiar with cats knows that they do not care for a determined assailant.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Unlike most of the alleged assailants, Doe left college after what Giuffra has described as a “horrifying” semester in which she had to attend classes “where she saw these guys on a fairly regular basis.”

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Meanwhile, Rita told the sheriff’s deputies that she thought she could identify one of the assailants.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

He accused the presidents of France, Benin and Ivory Coast -- Emmanuel Macron, Patrice Talon and Alassane Ouattara -- of sponsoring the assailants.

From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026

Despite video evidence showing the unprovoked attack, Oliva was barred from suing his assailants because Section 1983 doesn’t apply to federal officials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025

In fact, for all their size, diprotodons and Australia’s other giants probably wouldn’t have been that hard to hunt because they would have been taken totally by surprise by their two-legged assailants.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari


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