victim
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In one case, a victim requested a review of the decision to take no action.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
"A wider inquiry must establish why this critical intelligence failed to inform the responding officers' risk assessments, and whether systemic biases contributed to the immediate criminalisation of a dying victim," he wrote.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
It began in the second round when Sinner, the world No. 1 fell victim to the crushing heat and lost in five sets to Juan Manuel Cerundolo.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
One might say it works as a commentary on incel culture, but that collapses the more Barker paints Bear as an unwitting victim of his own perfectly normal hopes and dreams.
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026
She raises her eyes to me slowly with the menacing gaze a J-horror yurei might level on their guilty victim.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
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