assault
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On Friday, Derbyshire Police announced they had closed an investigation involving England pace bowler Brydon Carse following allegations of an assault last month.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
The findings suggest that surviving an initial assault may leave a lasting biological legacy.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
The Home Office has made assault on a retail worker in England and Wales a specfic criminal offence through the Crime and Policing Act 2026.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
He said he did not attempt to extort from union officials, or assault or threaten female labor leaders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Like any good military mind, I decided that a direct assault was the wrong move.
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
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BTP has confirmed two officers have been moved to other roles due to "incompetence" in handling investigations into Levy's transport assaults.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
“Operator assaults have been cut in half, and serious assaults are down 67%.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The attack immediately revived memories of a series of deadly assaults that have shaken Germany in recent years and fuelled fierce debate over security.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
Oleh Shyriaiev, who now commands Ukraine’s 225th Separate Assault Regiment, which is holding back Russian assaults in the southeast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The Allies, after much trial and error, learned to use their tanks effectively in coordination with artillery barrages, infantry assaults, and—toward the end of the war—attacks by low-flying aircraft.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected for a second time President Donald Trump's attempt to overturn a jury judgment that he sexually assaulted and defamed writer E Jean Carroll.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Hearing Platner deny that he assaulted Fifield, and seeing so many rally behind him and against her, was too much.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
A psychiatrist who decided he could not detain Valdo Calocane under the Mental Health Act after he assaulted a flatmate said the Nottingham attacks killer "wished to take control" during his assessment.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
Christian Bojorquez argued in his closing statements to the jury that Officer William Jones believed that he was confronting a man with a gun who had already assaulted several people inside the store.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
He opened a glass jar, and they were all assaulted with the vilest scent they had ever smelled.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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Robinson has served jail time in the U.K. on charges including assaulting an off-duty police officer, using a false passport to enter the U.S. and mortgage fraud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
First Minister John Swinney has apologised to a Dundee girl who brandished weapons at a Bulgarian man who was later convicted of assaulting her, after previously warning against "misinformation" around the incident.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
The Justice Department has opened an investigation into writer E. Jean Carroll, who accused President Trump of sexually assaulting her 30 years ago, people familiar with the probe said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
As ProPublica and others have reported, citizens — including Garcia Venegas — accused of assaulting officers have not always been charged with assault.
From Salon ● May 24, 2026
The fields—wherever they were, whatever they were—had gone darker, the grass yellowing under their feet, the rides rusting, the candy apples moldering, the smell of rot and wet and damp assaulting her nostrils.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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