assault
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Schorr and criminal defence attorneys, meanwhile, criticised the proposed changes to New York's sexual assault laws.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Because of this, Coates said he believes an attack by the US on Canada would not begin with an armed assault, but rather with more discreet means like cyberwarfare.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
From miles away, a commander in the rear tracking the assault can view the exact same battlefield map with real-time location data as the troops in the field.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
Shortly after, Jane Doe reported the incident to Cornell police, leading the school to assemble a sexual assault task force and conduct an internal investigation.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
The feds cut a deal with Morrison: in return for getting his arrest warrant for assault quashed, he would work as an informant on the Osage murder cases.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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They said “conspiracies to impede federal law enforcement and assaults on federal officers are against the law.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Title IX is a federal civil rights law mandating that universities follow certain rules when investigating sexual assaults.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Such combined assaults expose a vulnerability in Western air defenses that rely on expensive interceptors to shoot down incoming projectiles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Since then, Colombia has stepped up air assaults and authorized joint military operations with the United States.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
The most alarming of all man’s assaults upon the environment is the contamination of air, earth, rivers, and sea with dangerous and even lethal materials.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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Conviction rates are lower than when the person assaulted was sober.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
"As a result, the jury's unanimous verdict that Donald Trump sexually assaulted and then defamed E. Jean Carroll is now final and cannot be challenged in any court," she added.
From BBC ● 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
Leo’s nose was assaulted by good smells—cedar, juniper, jasmine, peaches, and fresh herbs.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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He also denied assaulting the executive director and said he did not threaten female labor leaders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The man hailed a hero for tackling one of the gunmen who killed 15 people at Bondi Beach has pleaded not guilty to allegedly assaulting his father, a Sydney court has heard.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Also on Thursday, 50-year-old Matt Styler, of Gosport, pleaded not guilty to assaulting a police officer.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 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 winds that had been assaulting us suddenly disappeared.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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