attacked

Example Sentences

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The officers who were attacked while travelling to Omoa from the capital Tegucigalpa, were part of an anti-gang mission, police have said.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Tehran has warned of a fierce response if it is attacked again.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Satirists can be censored, silenced, imprisoned, attacked and cancelled.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

“In this moment in time, the community has been attacked in many ways, and so the last thing we needed was for a festival that everybody enjoyed to be canceled.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

The time he stitched up one of the hens and carried it around in his coat for a week after it had been attacked by a fox.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy