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Svitlana, 48, a nurse in an airborne assault unit, also saw the arrival of Drapaty -- a respected "combat officer" -- as "positive."

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

For these pseudo-historians, complicating Odysseus was another liberal assault on Homer’s tale.

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026

It was an assault on the senses and the singing of the Mexican national anthem was a spine-tingling experience.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

“We’ve been great in victory and we need to be great in defeat,” Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni said moments after Paredes was booked for assault.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

“Did we get the troll assault on disk?”

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

The Malian army confirmed the rebel assaults on the four towns and Kenieroba on Facebook Saturday morning, asserting that "these attacks were vigorously repelled" and that "the situation is completely under control."

From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026

By catching “the occasion by the forelock,” as one admirer later put it, Washington’s twin assaults revived both American fortunes and his battlefield reputation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Anyone who assaults a retail worker can be prosecuted under the laws that already exist to protect members of the public.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

Hay first reported the assaults to police in Largo, Fla., he has said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

Then there was, that night, the storm, and ships which had cut their anchor cables to escape the assaults of rebellion were now incapable of mooring, and so were dragged ineluctably toward shore.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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

The protests have intensified in recent days after security guards assaulted a man near the protected area and footage of preparatory construction work and bulldozers on the beach was released.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

A retrial jury has been discharged after it failed to reach verdicts over allegations that two brothers assaulted a police officer at Manchester Airport.

From BBC ● May 20, 2026

A woman named Lonna Drewes told reporters Tuesday that Swalwell sexually assaulted her in 2018 while she was thinking about running for the Beverly Hills City Council.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

The smell of fake lemon cleaner and bleach assaulted my nostrils as the sheet settled around me.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

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

As ProPublica and others have reported, citizens — including Garcia Venegas — accused of assaulting officers have not always been charged with assault.

From Salon ● May 24, 2026

Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 21, and Muhammad Amaad, 26, had denied assaulting Greater Manchester PC Zachary Marsden at the car park pay station area of terminal two on 23 July 2024.

From BBC ● May 20, 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