assailant
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The stall had posted a video on its Facebook page over the weekend seeking help to identify the alleged assailant.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Secret Service agents tackled the alleged assailant before he was able to reach the ballroom where the gala was taking place.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
But Megan didn’t name him as her assailant at first.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2026
Shomrim—a Jewish community security organization—said its members stopped the assailant and held him until the police arrived.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 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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Whether it’s vanquishing assailants or surreptitiously surveilling enemies, daemons provide significant advantages for their masters.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
A security source in Gao, south of Tessalit, told AFP that "no clashes took place" during the rebel forces' capture of Tessalit, and that regular troops had already evacuated when the assailants entered.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
A Texas State University team, analyzing 597 attacks between 2000 and 2024, found that around 45% of assailants are either shot or subdued by either civilians or police.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
After escaping a pair of masked assailants, he brings the police around; the sauna, you will have guessed, is clean as a whistle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2024
Too late, Torak realized that Wolf had not been growling at the auroch -but at these silent assailants.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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