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
Marx claims to be the world’s fastest gun disarmer, a skill that seems to require an assailant to stick a handgun directly in your face rather than shoot you from a few feet away.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 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
Both he and the men in the store had spent the entire day hunting for Emma Lee’s assailant in the brush and swamplands of the beach.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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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
Asian Americans’ outrage over a judge’s leniency in the case — the assailants received $3,000 fines and no jail time — sparked a surge of activism seeking tougher hate crime laws nationwide.
From Salon ● May 29, 2025
In an initial statement, Brugada said the “probable” assailants were traveling on a motorcycle.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
But mostly because Ali was immune to the insults of his assailants; he had found his joy, his antidote, the moment Sanaubar had given birth to Hassan.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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