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assault

[uh-sawlt] / əˈsɔlt /




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Nazeer said everyone involved in reality TV shows needed to be trained on how to safeguard against domestic abuse and assault, adding that independent organisations not paid by the production company should be involved.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Federal prosecutors initially filed assault charges against Sosa-Celis and another man, Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna, but later dropped them.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Jerome Powell weathered a sustained political assault on Fed independence and brought down inflation without a recession.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

In the immediate aftermath of the assault, some initial accounts of terrible violence shared by Israeli officials turned out to be false.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

This was no assault upon the Dark Lord by the men of Gondor, risen like avenging ghosts from the graves of valour long passed away.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien




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