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attack

[uh-tak] / əˈtæk /








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It is understood that the breach emerged as part of a standard information access audit carried out by the trust in the days after the attack.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

The U.S. can gain some leverage in the stalemate by reviving the law of prize, which governs ships seized during war, and by authorizing privateers to attack enemy shipping.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Unlike chemotherapy, which kills healthy and cancerous cells alike, these medicines essentially empower patients’ immune systems to correctly recognize and attack tumors.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

OpenAI attorney Sarah Eddy countered with an attack on Musk.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

The monster ducks under my attack, swings his pointed head upward, and knocks me in the chin.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer




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