assailed
Example Sentences
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The competitive threat posed by cheaper Chinese substitutes has once again assailed semiconductor stocks, leading to dramatic falls in some of the biggest memory chip makers in Asia on Tuesday.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Roberts once signed on to a Kagan dissent that assailed the shadow docket.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
Mayor Karen Bass finds herself in the extraordinary position, as an incumbent, of fighting to make the runoff as she is assailed from the left and the right.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
But she also assailed her colleagues for failing to explain themselves.
From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2026
At about that time, Andean societies were assailed by the first of several decades-long droughts, paradoxically interrupted by El Nino-induced floods.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
