assault
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Two women testified that Carroll had told them about the dressing room assault shortly after it happened.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026
They show how Regan made a multipronged assault on clients’ emotions by playing on their vulnerabilities, their need for income and their yearning to believe.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026
But on Thursday, President Vladimir Putin said nothing about the drone assault.
From BBC • Jun. 20, 2026
The bill, which makes it an offence to assault a person performing a public duty or delivering a public service, will carry stronger maximum penalties.
From BBC • Jun. 20, 2026
If each one of those soldiers had at least one M-16 assault rifle, there were about twenty thousand automatic rifles in the city.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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