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attack

[uh-tak] / əˈtæk /








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In his statement, Van Houten included a summary of what Jane Doe told the Cornell University Police Department in 2024 after the alleged attack.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

British counterterrorism police said they were releasing five men on bail who where arrested over the foiled attack on a U.K. air base.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Certain T cells rely on other immune cells, known as dendritic cells, to identify the molecular targets they should attack.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

Another journalist said the station, which has around 400 employees, was off-air after the attack.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

She tells me she almost had a heart attack when I shaved my hair off.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Maritime Trade Operations, or UKMTO, which is affiliated with the Royal Navy, reported Sunday that no confirmed attacks or disruptions had occurred in Hormuz during the preceding 72 hours, although the threat remained severe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Other donors said they were inspired to give to moderate candidates because of concern that anti-Israel rhetoric could veer into attacks on Jews more broadly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

With players marked, attacks can then depend on winning one-against-one situations, requiring individual quality often in the form of dribbling.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

After an afternoon of repeated attacks and breakaways, McNulty escaped on his own with about 32 kilometers or 20 miles to go.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Kissinger defended the attacks, pointing out that American planes were targeting military and industrial targets.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

In response, the Houthis have attacked the Saudi capital.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Who attacked the Sycamore Gap tree and for what reason?

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Murphy noted that Bass has frequently attacked Raman for being “at City Hall longer than I have,” which he called a powerful message to voters who are considering Raman because they want change.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Commercial tracking firms generally indicate lower oil flows through the strait, though their estimates are complicated by vessels operating with their transponders switched off and making other hard-to-track movements to avoid being attacked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

The time he stitched up one of the hens and carried it around in his coat for a week after it had been attacked by a fox.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Immune cells that usually defend the body by attacking infected or foreign cells appear in unusually high numbers in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease and related conditions.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

The Blues dropped deeper, defending their lead and attacking the space left behind.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

“We’re just kind of attacking it the same every single week.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

The Danes started off the previous night by attacking the brigade’s assembly areas with drones launching simulated payloads.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

If cucos were attacking her town tonight, and she was pretty sure they were going to, this was the Witchlings’ chance to follow a cuco that would lead them to the Nightbeast.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega




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