rape

Example Sentences

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Mr. Swalwell has denied the accusations of rape.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Those media outlets reported that the staff member accusing Swalwell of rape was 21 when she began working for him in 2019 in his Castro Valley district office.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

De Zerbi has said Greenwood "paid in a strong way" after leaving Manchester United for Marseille after charges against him, including attempted rape and assault, were dropped.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Delta state police have rejected claims circulating online that the Alue-Do festival in Ozoro was a "rape festival".

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

This was the same year in which William Blake evoked England’s 'dark, Satanic mills* in his poem ‘Jerusalem’, but Beethoven's easy-listening Pastoral is not about the industrial rape of the countryside.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall