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But sociologists in the scholar-activist mold note that Du Bois also believed in using sociological truth in the pursuit of activism, promising in 1906 to “never cease to protest and assail the ears of America.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

Musk found that cartoonist’s tweet and called his ban “insane,” inspiring his followers to assail r/comics.

From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2025

Let other humorists, satirists and columnists assail you with the day-by-day account.

From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2022

And the objectors mainly used it as an opportunity to assail the House investigation of the violence.

From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2022

If we make no answer, the Enemy may move Men of his rule to assail King Brand, and Dáin also.’

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Meanwhile, the document assails America’s friends across the Atlantic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025

Baby Stone Gorillas, “Keep Goin” The white-hot L.A. rap group assails a soul sample on “Keep Goin,” its members jumping in and out of frame as they pass the baton with an uncanny chemistry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2022

"Shaming personalizes political life; it assails individuals for injustices that are historically, socially and politically organized," political theorist Wendy Brown, who teaches social science at the Institute for Advanced Study, told Salon by email.

From Salon ● May 9, 2022

The most pernicious problem remains inflation, a reality that assails businesses and households, adding to the strain on the poor through higher food prices.

From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2021

On the contrary, again, no well-bred man ever rudely assails either the predilections or the principles of others in general society.

From The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews by Henry Lunettes

Critics assailed the carefully curated lifestyle presented by Meghan as tone-deaf.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

The competitive threat posed by cheaper Chinese substitutes has once again assailed semiconductor stocks, leading to dramatic falls in some of the biggest memory chip makers in Asia on Tuesday.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

Roberts once signed on to a Kagan dissent that assailed the shadow docket.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

Mayor Karen Bass finds herself in the extraordinary position, as an incumbent, of fighting to make the runoff as she is assailed from the left and the right.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

The young mouse was assailed by gnawing doubts.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

He has already moved on from assailing the frontier labs to milking them by selling them compute at a steep markup.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

GM went full speed ahead, pouring money into national ad campaigns assailing things like men eating tofu.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2025

For his part, Fauci—a veteran of numerous appearances before Congress—held his ground, assailing accusations made against him as “seriously distorted,” “absolutely false,” and “simply preposterous.”

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 3, 2024

HLA supporters have spent weeks assailing Szabo’s previous cost estimates for the measure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2024

The assailing hosts halted, foiled by the silent menace of rock and wall.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien