assailant
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But Megan didn’t name him as her assailant at first.
From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026
The assailant, she told investigators, offered to drive her to a nearby pay phone.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
Police said the assailant, 44-year-old Anthony Griffin, ignored repeated demands to drop the weapon and called himself Lucifer.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
The organization, which monitors jihadist groups, identified the assailant, who was shot dead by police, as Ndiaga Diagne, a US citizen of Senegalese origin.
From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026
However, when the scene is reenacted many times under comparable lighting conditions by a court investigating the case, the victim correctly identifies the race of the assailant only about 80 percent of the time.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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