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But sociologists in the scholar-activist mold note that Du Bois also believed in using sociological truth in the pursuit of activism, promising in 1906 to “never cease to protest and assail the ears of America.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

I watched this, sitting two rows behind Trump, as he turned and walked out to face the cameras and assail the process that had brought him there.

From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2025

In Germany emerged so-called "Herod games" in which people would reportedly stage mock attacks on churches and assail bystanders with inflated animal bladders to ridicule the cruel absurdity of the Judean king.

From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2024

And the objectors mainly used it as an opportunity to assail the House investigation of the violence.

From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2022

If we make no answer, the Enemy may move Men of his rule to assail King Brand, and Dáin also.’

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

They’re from melting insulation foam and whatever it is that gets airborne when fire assails solar panels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Meanwhile, the document assails America’s friends across the Atlantic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025

“This lawsuit assails the First Amendment and the news media’s duty and right to report on matters of significant public interest without fear of liability,” Fox said in the court documents filed on Thursday.

From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023

But when an unspecified disease assails T'Challa's body from within, Shuri is powerless.

From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2022

“What needless apprehension assails us sometimes,” she thought, as she went singing to her broom.

From The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife by Ellen M. Firebaugh

Critics assailed the carefully curated lifestyle presented by Meghan as tone-deaf.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, whose administration was widely assailed for its desultory initial response, has made high-profile appearances in La Guaira.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

The competitive threat posed by cheaper Chinese substitutes has once again assailed semiconductor stocks, leading to dramatic falls in some of the biggest memory chip makers in Asia on Tuesday.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

Roberts once signed on to a Kagan dissent that assailed the shadow docket.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

I wondered if the reason he was always so smartly dressed was in preparation to endure with dignity whatever news assailed him, perhaps even to attend a funeral at a moment’s notice.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Only in America can one get rich by assailing the wealthy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

GM went full speed ahead, pouring money into national ad campaigns assailing things like men eating tofu.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2025

For his part, Fauci—a veteran of numerous appearances before Congress—held his ground, assailing accusations made against him as “seriously distorted,” “absolutely false,” and “simply preposterous.”

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 3, 2024

HLA supporters have spent weeks assailing Szabo’s previous cost estimates for the measure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2024

The assailing hosts halted, foiled by the silent menace of rock and wall.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien