assaulted
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A French mayor was assaulted and a Belgian vehicle was damaged, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
The following day, a 72-year-old Fresno resident shot and wounded an ICE agent whom police said had fallen asleep on the resident’s daughter’s front lawn, appeared “intoxicated and agitated” and allegedly assaulted the resident.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
"I prosecuted many people who sexually assaulted someone who was voluntarily intoxicated," he said, adding: "I got convictions. They went to prison."
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Conviction rates are lower than when the person assaulted was sober.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
He could just as easily have said twenty minutes, and now that he was alone, assaulted by what city people regard as raucous silence, he wished he had said five minutes.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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