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assault

[uh-sawlt] / əˈsɔlt /




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Cornell conducted its own investigation after the alleged assault.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Sentencing for the two assault charges that the jury found Barrientos guilty of in July will take place after the retrial.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

The attorney for the woman accusing Byron Scott of sexual assault says the former Laker’s bankruptcy filing is a “pathetic and cowardly” attempt to dodge his civil trial.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 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

The orderly spoke of my father as a little man, but he was not, not until his black lung made its final assault.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Such combined assaults expose a vulnerability in Western air defenses that rely on expensive interceptors to shoot down incoming projectiles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

His 2020 conviction and 23-year prison sentence in New York for other alleged assaults was overturned and juries were deadlocked in subsequent retrials involving one of his accusers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 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

One of Ellsberg’s many tasks at the Pentagon was to catalogue assaults carried out by Viet Cong forces in South Vietnam.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

"I have never sexually assaulted anyone in my entire life," the 54-year-old actor said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

Leto, in a statement shared with The Times on Wednesday, denied the allegations raised by the BBC documentary: “I have never sexually assaulted anyone in my entire life,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 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

Prosper opened the door of the emergency exit and shuddered as the cold air assaulted him.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke

The father of one of the five men who were killed in a wrong-way crash with a police car has been charged with assaulting someone at his son's funeral.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

A teenage boy, arrested on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker, was taken to Bury St Edmunds Police Investigation Centre and has since been released on bail until 4 October.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 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

But in the midst of all that thunder, all that news assaulting our ears, we heard not a word.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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