assault
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Officials were vague about whether the Nigerian operation involved an airstrike, ground assault or both, and didn’t say whether U.S. troops were at risk.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 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
Victims of the 7 October assault and bereaved families joined parliamentary committee discussions about the new legislation.
From BBC • May 12, 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
Andrew Jackson was not a man who backed down from the assault on slavery.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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