assault
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That changed after then-Northern California Rep. Eric Swalwell, who had been the front-running Democrat in the race, withdrew from the campaign and resigned from Congress after he was accused of sexual assault and misconduct.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Women often do not immediately report allegations of rape and sexual assault, she said, "because of the sense of shame that you have, that somehow it's your fault".
From BBC • May 18, 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
Powell then weathered the most sustained political assault on the central bank in its modern history.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
The rest of the house was given over to the tenacious assault of destruction.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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