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There was nevertheless widespread anger at the government over a protest crackdown viewed as an assault on the right to protest.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

Ahead of a fresh assault on the 24-hour record, Damien will next take on the one- hour, unweighted challenge.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Strong’s post also addressed the timing of the monologue given the recent high-profile sexual assault case at Cornell University.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

President Michael Kotlikoff said New York State Police will investigate campus sexual assault claims during an independent policy review.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

The best defense against an infantry assault was an entirely new weapon, the machine gun, invented by an American-born engineer named Hiram Maxim.

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

European leaders, who have accused Russia of brazen assaults on their soil, contend with strikes on ships skirting their waters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

“Tensions were heightened as Saudi Arabia said it was dealing with new drone and missile assaults on Monday,” ANZ Research analysts say in a research report.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Title IX is a federal civil rights law mandating that universities follow certain rules when investigating sexual assaults.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

“And I’m going to stand up to those assaults, and Californians will continue to stand up to those assaults.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

“Please don’t make a scene. My psyche wall crumble entirely after the assaults it has recently received.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

The thing is, by the time we’re assaulted by all that, we understand that Pamela has had it, too.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

A French mayor was assaulted and a Belgian vehicle was damaged, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

The following day, a 72-year-old Fresno resident shot and wounded an ICE agent whom police said had fallen asleep on the resident’s daughter’s front lawn, appeared “intoxicated and agitated” and allegedly assaulted the resident.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected for a second time President Donald Trump's attempt to overturn a jury judgment that he sexually assaulted and defamed writer E Jean Carroll.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

Some club on campus was selling Valentine’s Day candy grams and the violently pink posters assaulted me everywhere I went.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi

US actress Selma Blair has spoken out after being accused of assaulting multiple people on a flight travelling to New York.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

England striker Ivan Toney has pleaded not guilty to assaulting a man at a central London nightclub.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

He also denied assaulting the executive director and said he did not threaten female labor leaders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

The Justice Department has opened an investigation into writer E. Jean Carroll, who accused President Trump of sexually assaulting her 30 years ago, people familiar with the probe said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

The fields—wherever they were, whatever they were—had gone darker, the grass yellowing under their feet, the rides rusting, the candy apples moldering, the smell of rot and wet and damp assaulting her nostrils.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby