assault
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But Vshniki, or convict-soldiers, have to survive to the end of the war to be released and in the assault troops the odds are not good.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The August 1945 assault by the United States killed more than 210,000 people, including many from the effects of radiation exposure.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
“It was an assault on our neighborhood,” said Julee Metz, who lived two doors down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
If Giustiniani had not left, it is possible the assault would have failed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
There they had gathered in the shadow of the cliffs, until the assault above was hottest and nearly all the men of the defence had rushed to the wall’s top.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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"Women who experience such assaults do not feel comfortable reporting them," she tells the BBC, speaking from Port Sudan, an army-held city in the east of Sudan.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
The attack immediately revived memories of a series of deadly assaults that have shaken Germany in recent years and fuelled fierce debate over security.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
Homeland Security has previously told news outlets it does not have a “domestic terrorist” database, but said it monitors incidents of “threats, assaults and obstruction” of its officers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
How much will this hamper future criminal investigations of robberies, assaults, and other serious crimes?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Because it was Saturday, Levy Pants had ceased its assaults upon the concept of free enterprise for the weekend.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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"As a result, the jury's unanimous verdict that Donald Trump sexually assaulted and then defamed E. Jean Carroll is now final and cannot be challenged in any court," she added.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Hearing Platner deny that he assaulted Fifield, and seeing so many rally behind him and against her, was too much.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
The protests have intensified in recent days after security guards assaulted a man near the protected area and footage of preparatory construction work and bulldozers on the beach was released.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
Christian Bojorquez argued in his closing statements to the jury that Officer William Jones believed that he was confronting a man with a gun who had already assaulted several people inside the store.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
Years later, she’d had a panic attack at a water park in Denver, when Percy and she were assaulted by mechanical spiders.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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Defence lawyer Mohamed Sakr said in court that the order prohibiting Ahmed from assaulting, threatening, stalking or intimidating his father had been accepted without admissions, according to national broadcaster ABC.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The Justice Department has opened an investigation into writer E. Jean Carroll, who accused President Trump of sexually assaulting her 30 years ago, people familiar with the probe said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
As ProPublica and others have reported, citizens — including Garcia Venegas — accused of assaulting officers have not always been charged with assault.
From Salon ● May 24, 2026
Weinstein was initially convicted of assaulting Mann in 2020, but that verdict, along with another charge, was overturned in April 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
Between napping and assaulting the glove, the afternoon and evening passed rather quickly.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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