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assailant

[uh-sey-luhnt] / əˈseɪ lənt /


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

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

The assailant, identified as Anthony Kazmierczak, had the sort of online posting history that you would expect and had told a neighbor that he might be arrested at an upcoming Omar event.

From Slate • Jan. 31, 2026

Since the shooting, Albanese is leading a state-federal push for stricter gun control, after the older assailant was found to have six licensed guns.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

They were exonerated more than a decade later through DNA evidence and a confession from the true assailant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025

He looked about imploringly for help in defending his country’s future against the obnoxious calumnies of this sly and sinful assailant.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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