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assault

[uh-sawlt] / əˈsɔlt /




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He said he did not attempt to extort from union officials, or assault or threaten female labor leaders.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2026

Byfield was never convicted of assault, but the dispute still had serious consequences.

From Science Daily Sep. 7, 2026

The approach would have been a direct assault on the German principle of “co-determination”—joint management by representatives of both owners and workers—championed by Volkswagen’s unions.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Federal prosecutors initially filed assault charges against Sosa-Celis and another man, Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna, but dropped them after video evidence and witness statements cast doubt on Castro's account of what happened.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

If each one of those soldiers had at least one M-16 assault rifle, there were about twenty thousand automatic rifles in the city.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

These videos depict a fun-loving land that welcomes foreigners and embraces friends at 250 years old despite all the advertised assaults on its social fabric.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2026

Ukrainians fear this could be the first in a wave of brutal assaults leading up to Ukrainian independence day on Monday—a date on which Moscow has often launched huge missile barrages.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Earlier in the week, Zelensky said delays in receiving anti-ballistic systems from partners leads to "horrific casualties and destruction", saying that having a stronger interceptor capability "could have saved lives" in recent deadly assaults.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 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

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

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

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

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

She rocked backward as if assaulted by a strange wind.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

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

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

A second man, 50-year-old Matt Styler, of Gosport, pleaded not guilty to assaulting a police officer.

From BBC Jun. 5, 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

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




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