assault
Example Sentences
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Workers contend that the high vacancy rate leads to more on-the-job assaults, mandatory overtime and staff turnover.
From Los Angeles Times
There have been three recent not guilty verdicts delivered to defendants accused of assaulting federal agents.
From Los Angeles Times
In the hours before the assault, Mills told Berry: "Sorry u know what ur doing, and I trust you."
From BBC
Images of Ahmed Al Ahmed—a Syrian man who immigrated to Australia two decades ago and owns a tobacco shop in Sydney—tackling one of the attackers sped around the world quickly after Sunday’s assault.
However, the report found no one in Wales had been convicted of common assault or battery on a child in their care since the ban came into force.
From BBC
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