assailed
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Critics assailed the carefully curated lifestyle presented by Meghan as tone-deaf.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The competitive threat posed by cheaper Chinese substitutes has once again assailed semiconductor stocks, leading to dramatic falls in some of the biggest memory chip makers in Asia on Tuesday.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Belgium’s soccer federation assailed FIFA’s lack of transparency and said it was “astonished” by the reversal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Mayor Karen Bass finds herself in the extraordinary position, as an incumbent, of fighting to make the runoff as she is assailed from the left and the right.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
He was assailed by the sight of a life-size oil painting of a man in uniform with enough facial hair to stuff a small cushion.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
