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assail

[uh-seyl] / əˈseɪl /


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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

Go ahead, criticize the Biden administration and assail its record.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2024

The problem is that Walz's cheery Midwestern normalcy has an authenticity to it that's hard to assail.

From Salon • Aug. 29, 2024

Continued generations of teachers, missionaries, and lay Buddhists used his teachings to assail the Brahmanist-based caste system.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

‘All is vain, you say, if he has the Ring. Why should he think it not vain to assail us, if we have it?’

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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