assault
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Some say a ban would have offered young people legal protection against assault, while others say such a change would have criminalised parents.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
But since the assault on Ukraine, it has become a marker of the ex-KGB spy's new place in the world.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Today, Kelver, a 28-year-old trans woman, faces two felony charges—aggravated assault and possession of a deadly weapon with unlawful intent—which could carry up to 15 years in prison.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026
Gomez was friends with former California Rep. Eric Swalwell, who earlier this year resigned from Congress and suspended his California gubernatorial campaign after multiple women accused him of sexual assault.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
No explicit articulation of those assumptions had been necessary in a national forum before 1790, because no frontal assault on slavery had been made that required a direct or systematic response.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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