assailant
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On-screen footage shows UFC fighter Michael Chandler explaining to an FBI agent how to neutralize an armed assailant with hand-to-hand combat.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
Secret Service agents tackled the alleged assailant before he was able to reach the ballroom where the gala was taking place.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
But Megan didn’t name him as her assailant at first.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2026
She said the assailant had a local accent, with a trace of another, and a shiny hairless chest.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026
Cora’s assailant was boyish and slender, perhaps the son of one of the other hunters.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
He accused the presidents of France, Benin and Ivory Coast -- Emmanuel Macron, Patrice Talon and Alassane Ouattara -- of sponsoring the assailants.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
A local man, identified by authorities as Ahmed el Ahmed, helped end it when he rushed one of the two assailants and wrestled the man’s weapon away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025
Col Dembele added that the army recovered weapons, vehicles and motorcycles from the assailants.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2025
Although Guimaraes enjoyed international support, his assailants haven’t been identified.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2025
As part of a two-pronged attack, P.M. flashed around various assailants at high speed, leaving mirrors confiscated from Missus Nedraw’s stuck in midair.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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Franklin Roosevelt, "Four Freedoms" (1941)
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