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assailant

[uh-sey-luhnt] / əˈseɪ lənt /


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The alleged assailant, Essa Suleiman, a 45-year-old Somali-born British national, was formally charged Friday with attempted murder.

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 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

She said the assailant had a local accent, with a trace of another, and a shiny hairless chest.

From BBC Mar. 12, 2026

Joe was made to say in court what the victim remembered her assailant saying to her, but she testified that Joe's voice “could very easily be” that of the perpetrator.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Whether it’s vanquishing assailants or surreptitiously surveilling enemies, daemons provide significant advantages for their masters.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

Residents have told the BBC that Thursday's attack was repelled by the army, which is now hunting down the fleeing assailants who reportedly abandoned their weapons.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

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 local man, identified by authorities as Ahmed el Ahmed, helped end it when he rushed one of the two assailants and wrestled the man’s weapon away.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 15, 2025

In fact, for all their size, diprotodons and Australia’s other giants probably wouldn’t have been that hard to hunt because they would have been taken totally by surprise by their two-legged assailants.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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