attack
Example Sentences
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But that was just the latest attack in a long history.
From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026
During a Thursday evening news conference, Tracy Fire Chief Randall Bradley said that an “aggressive fire attack with a limited water supply, high winds, high temperatures, humidity made firefighting very difficult.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
It conducts the initial research about the organization being targeted, discovers email accounts belonging to executives, then builds a phishing attack to steal their email login credentials, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
"When the attack happened on Monday night, we knew this would be coming," she said.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
Ms. Martinez passes out the exams, and as soon as she tells us to begin, I attack each problem, one after the other.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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