Example Sentences

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News vans began camping around the block at the Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women’s Hollywood Boulevard headquarters, queuing up for interviews.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2024

Assaults in the opposition press and media were to be expected, but assaults on my family and me were another matter.

From Salon • Dec. 9, 2023

Assaults on officers increased to 2,375 incidents, a 42% increase since 2018.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 10, 2023

Assaults also climbed in the Big Apple, with 2,027 last month compared to 1,987 in 2019, an increase of 2%.

From Fox News • Sep. 7, 2020

I assume what they really want, in the short term, is to stop the Airtime Assaults and keep me off the televisions of Panem.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins