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attacker

NOUN
aggressor
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“Even the United States, with its industrial capacity, is not prepared to defend against an attacker that builds ballistic missiles at industrial scale,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

And unlike humans, the attacker here never took a break, Saraceno said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Verdict: Matthias Jaissle was perplexed in his post-match interview, yet he would surely be furious if a Fulham player held one of his defenders back to create on onside corridor for another attacker to score.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

The mayor of Krakow said he had submitted an urgent request for the two officers injured while stopping the attacker to be awarded titles of honorary citizens of the city.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

I scrambled away from the nearest attacker like a crab.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri


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