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violence

[vahy-uh-luhns] / ˈvaɪ ə ləns /


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More than £1m seized from controversial social influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan from bank accounts in Devon will be used to combat violence against women and girls, police have said.

From BBC

The interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus condemned the violence, vowing to hand perpetrators "full justice".

From BBC

The film plays in much the same space—beautiful people in gorgeous surroundings with violence lurking just under the surface—as last year’s screen version of the Colleen Hoover novel “It Ends With Us.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The Jewish community has warned time and again that when hatred is allowed to fester, when it is excused, normalized or mainstreamed, it inevitably leads to violence.

From The Wall Street Journal

Cdr Dom Murphy, head of Counter Terrorism Policing London, said "anyone who advocates violence in this way can expect to be arrested and prosecuted to the full extent of the law".

From BBC