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attack

[uh-tak] / əˈtæk /








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“We’ve never had an attack with drones in Venezuela,” García said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

And for both regional and European officials present, there was a deep sense of uncertainty regarding Washington and its commitment to shielding putative allies from attack.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

The entry point to the affected freezer software products was not difficult to exploit as they were poorly protected, with known attack methods already floating around online.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Although the technique is still at an early stage, it could eventually provide a way to attack tumors while reducing the harmful side effects associated with conventional cancer treatments.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

Maybe if I just keep going, the panic attack won’t find me.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

“I think it will be much easier for attacks on the democratic process to be beaten back.”

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026

He denied responsibility, but during police questioning, he said attacks on Enedis for its Linky technology were justified.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

But there have been a number of attacks in British Columbia in recent years.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

For example, militaries detecting projectiles in their airspace that were en route to a target country didn’t warn their counterparts, leaving them with less time to deal with incoming attacks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

For the remainder of 1917, French troops would hold the line against enemy attacks.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

The invoice and payment records were part of a trove of internal A7 files made public after hackers attacked the Russian network and released chat messages among its employees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

His call to bowl first in Cape Town also proved poor and he was helpless tactically when South Africa's openers attacked on the first morning before correcting things after lunch.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Ukrainian media reported that Kyiv had attacked the Kstovo oil refinery, calling it "one of Russia's largest oil refineries, producing fuel and lubricants".

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

“They’re afraid their stores will be attacked and looted,” Yves Gollety, owner of the weapons store, explained.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

When the British finally attacked the forts, they found them empty.

From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis

But another submission from a coalition of Jewish groups argued that Palestine Action was a "sinister" organisation intent on attacking its community interests.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

"We were sometimes achieving it and close to scoring goals but we must be ruthless in the attacking third, 3-0 is maybe more than we deserved, but we accept the defeat."

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Gouverneur Morris was ahead of his time on the slavery question, viciously attacking the Constitution’s Three-Fifths Compromise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Mr. Greenberger rightly quotes at length his speech attacking the Three-Fifths Compromise, which allowed slaves to be partially counted in the population quotas of states in the House of Representatives and the Electoral College:

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

“No—no,” he said slowly, “it would be folly to think of attacking them.”

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander


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