attack
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The bull market has been under attack at the start of the second half of 2026 — jitters over the artificial-intelligence buildout, geopolitical flare-ups and rising longer-term interest rates have all ganged up on investors.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Galyna Doschuk, 27, said she came to the subway station every time she read reports of a forthcoming attack.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Columbia collapsed under the attack, but Harvard resisted and achieved some notable success in the courts.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
On Sunday, they had to flee again after the Israeli military called to warn of an attack on a nearby building.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
“It is wrong to base faith upon wishes. There will be war. The Germans will attack and we will fall.”
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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The announcement prompted Anthropic to check whether its own models had carried out similar attacks.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Russian drones have previously been detected flying through Polish airspace during attacks on Russia, while in 2022 two people in a border village were killed by a misfiring Ukrainian air defence missile.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
The Bruins boasted one of the least dynamic rushing attacks in the Big Ten a season ago, as Iamaleava led the team with just 505 rushing yards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
“I think he’s as serious as four heart attacks and a stroke—and an ambulance.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
The children loved hearing how the robot survived mudslides and bear attacks and harsh winter weather.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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The hellscape worsened when U.S. aircraft attacked the Oryoku Maru on Dec. 14, one day after leaving port, and again on Dec. 15, setting the aft deck ablaze and dealing the ship its final blows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
More immune cells entered the tumors, where they attacked and destroyed cancer cells.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
American Kuss of Visma-Lease a Bike was part a large early breakaway which contained riders looking for a stage win, and attacked alone with about 25km to go.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
President Woodrow Wilson was re-elected the year that pipe was laid, and the Germans attacked the French in the World War I Battle of Verdun, with the death toll topping 700,000.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Following the outcry over the Lusitania, Germany imposed strict limitations on submarine operations, pledging to warn those on board a vessel about to be attacked so they could abandon ship beforehand.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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It is a warrior ethos that we see here come under question as Murashige and his castle look increasingly boxed in by the attacking warlord.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Footage of the confrontation at the gate, filmed by the Abu Alia family, shows soldiers strolling up to the teenagers who are attacking it, and making gentle moves to guide them away.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
“So if I’m able to repeat,” Sasaki said, “I think I will have more confidence and keep attacking more.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Graham: No midfield structure, shambolic defence and a blunt attacking frontline.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
He forms two lines, with blue-clad French soldiers dug in on one side and gray-clad Germans attacking mercilessly on the other, just as they had fought on the Western front during the Great War.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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