aggressor

Example Sentences

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Verhoeven, in just his second professional boxing fight, was the clear aggressor for long spells, stunning generational great Usyk in a way nobody expected.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

He warned this month that "any external aggressor will encounter an unbreakable resistance."

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

But attorneys for the county argued in court filings that it was Seitz who was actually the aggressor.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

“We have to make sure that we in Germany are not vulnerable, that we can’t be attacked and that a possible aggressor knows an attack isn’t worth it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

For the first time in modern history, major wars of aggression were stopped partly because of the revulsion felt by the citizens of the aggressor nations.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan