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attacking





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"It's not a matter of not respecting you, but this is attacking my family's faith," he said.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

Those efforts were blocked by the Revolutionary Guard, which went back to attacking ships.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

When the model replied that “believing harder” wasn’t a viable strategy for attacking the Riemann hypothesis, Sumner intervened: “You need to believe in yourself.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

He showed plenty of attacking promise last season, averaging more than five FPL points per start and producing four double-figure hauls.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

“After it appeared, after years of being dormant in the Twelve Towns and attacking that boy in Boggs Ferry, we knew we had to tame it. To make it ours,” Barbatos said.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega




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