assailant
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Visiting the jail where his assailant was being held at the time of filming, he notes that he’d much rather be where he is than behind bars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
He also said he thought the officer was a mystery assailant.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Nellie Strandberg, a 16-year-old Brinell student, said she was on her way to the school's library when the assailant entered the institution.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
But Megan didn’t name him as her assailant at first.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 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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Wisam al-Burqan, one of the villagers, said he arrived at the site of the attack minutes after the assailants fled.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
Unlike most of the alleged assailants, Doe left college after what Giuffra has described as a “horrifying” semester in which she had to attend classes “where she saw these guys on a fairly regular basis.”
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Meanwhile, Rita told the sheriff’s deputies that she thought she could identify one of the assailants.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Residents have told the BBC that Thursday's attack was repelled by the army, which is now hunting down the fleeing assailants who reportedly abandoned their weapons.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
But mostly because Ali was immune to the insults of his assailants; he had found his joy, his antidote, the moment Sanaubar had given birth to Hassan.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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