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assault

[uh-sawlt] / əˈsɔlt /




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As part of investigating the assault on SW, detectives learned that Brambles had been released from custody under California’s parole laws for elderly inmates.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

A man who was hailed a hero for disarming one of the Bondi Beach shooters in December has had assault charges against him dropped by police.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

"We condemn the assault to which the displaced Kurdish families were subjected during their return," Mazloum Abdi, leader of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces who signed the January deal with Damascus, said on X.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

If Giustiniani had not left, it is possible the assault would have failed.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 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

“Operator assaults have been cut in half, and serious assaults are down 67%.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

The attack immediately revived memories of a series of deadly assaults that have shaken Germany in recent years and fuelled fierce debate over security.

From Barron's Jul. 25, 2026

It added that the assaults were "an attack on the security and safety of international navigation, and the security of global energy supplies".

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

Since last July, Russia has focused some of its energy assaults on substations connected to Ukraine’s nuclear power plants, according to the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s office.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

Before the yellow fever epidemic, even the doctors who disagreed with Rush on medical matters would have defended him against Cobbett’s irrational assaults.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

After the story was published, Leto said in a statement released by his representatives to the BBC: "I have never sexually assaulted anyone in my entire life. These claims are absolutely and categorically false".

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

Leto, in a statement shared with The Times on Wednesday, denied the allegations raised by the BBC documentary: “I have never sexually assaulted anyone in my entire life,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

Hearing Platner deny that he assaulted Fifield, and seeing so many rally behind him and against her, was too much.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

"Today's Supreme Court decision affirms once and for all the jury's unanimous verdict that President Donald J. Trump sexually assaulted and defamed E. Jean Carroll," said Carroll's attorney Roberta Kaplan.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

It was the same smell that had assaulted Mark and Alec when they’d approached their own village after chasing down the Berg and marching back.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner

Former boxing world champion Joe Cordina has denied assaulting a man outside a petrol station, a court has heard.

From BBC Jul. 28, 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

As ProPublica and others have reported, citizens — including Garcia Venegas — accused of assaulting officers have not always been charged with assault.

From Salon May 24, 2026

Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 21, and Muhammad Amaad, 26, had denied assaulting Greater Manchester PC Zachary Marsden at the car park pay station area of terminal two on 23 July 2024.

From BBC May 20, 2026

French, British, and Belgian armies, meanwhile, were assaulting German defenses along the rest of the Western Front.

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




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