attack
Example Sentences
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But the people of Redding nearly had a collective heart attack last August when the restaurant’s longtime owners, sisters Julie Malik and Nell Cox, made a stunning announcement: Damburger is for sale.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
It was blamed on a “concerted attack … by the large bucket-shop proprietors,” The Wall Street Journal reported.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
“Having experience of the president’s shock and awe style of negotiation before, I would suspect that the attack will be called off at the last second,” said David Stritch, currency analyst at Caxton.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
Iran, after the U.S. and Israeli strikes on its naval assets, went for an asymmetrical approach which relies on land-based antiship missiles, drones and swarms of small attack craft.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
“The Luftwaffe’s sending over a major attack today.”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
