assaulted
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A French mayor was assaulted and a Belgian vehicle was damaged, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
The following day, a 72-year-old Fresno resident shot and wounded an ICE agent whom police said had fallen asleep on the resident’s daughter’s front lawn, appeared “intoxicated and agitated” and allegedly assaulted the resident.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Conviction rates are lower than when the person assaulted was sober.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
In May 2023, shortly before the first baby was due, the woman called the police alleging she had been assaulted by the man.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Years later, she’d had a panic attack at a water park in Denver, when Percy and she were assaulted by mechanical spiders.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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