assailant
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She said the assailant had a local accent, with a trace of another, and a shiny hairless chest.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
The organization, which monitors jihadist groups, identified the assailant, who was shot dead by police, as Ndiaga Diagne, a US citizen of Senegalese origin.
From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026
The assailant, identified as Anthony Kazmierczak, had the sort of online posting history that you would expect and had told a neighbor that he might be arrested at an upcoming Omar event.
From Slate • Jan. 31, 2026
A police captain, knowing Pratt painted and drew as a hobby, asked if he’d go interview a survivor of one of these attacks in the hospital and sketch the assailant, based on the woman’s description.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 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
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