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assault

[uh-sawlt] / əˈsɔlt /




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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

An intense series of meetings produced a fragile agreement that Hezbollah would stop attacks on Israel and Israel wouldn’t assault Beirut, Lebanon’s capital, though fighting continued elsewhere Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 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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