assailant
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It wasn’t immediately clear whether the assailant would have undergone such a review.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
On-screen footage shows UFC fighter Michael Chandler explaining to an FBI agent how to neutralize an armed assailant with hand-to-hand combat.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 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
But Megan didn’t name him as her assailant at first.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2026
Both he and the men in the store had spent the entire day hunting for Emma Lee’s assailant in the brush and swamplands of the beach.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
The assailants had escaped, but it was a strong show of the city’s capabilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
The demonstrations in Jiangyou have forced the police to issue a second statement to clarify rumours that the assailants were the daughters of a lawyer and a police inspector.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 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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