assail
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, the document assails America’s friends across the Atlantic.
Mr. Means has assailed American agriculture firms and claimed pesticides and the Roundup weed-killer are increasing chronic illness.
Whenever ministers defend the status quo in the House of Commons, they are assailed on all sides by MPs calling for recognition.
From BBC
The mayor, appearing before reporters at City Hall, assailed federal agents for “randomly grabbing people” off the street, “chasing Angelenos through parking lots” and arresting immigrants who showed up at court for annual check-ins.
From Los Angeles Times
While Sheinbaum has assailed the U.S. immigration raids and backed immigrants’ rights to protest, there is no public record of her ever having backed violence.
From Los Angeles Times
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