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as in violating
to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse with a person unwilling or unable to give consent
was registered as a sex offender after assaulting the victim
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as in attacking
to take sudden, violent action against
was found guilty of assaulting an officer enemy forces assaulted the city
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Recent Examples of assaulting
The men allegedly took turns assaulting Doe while the female celebrity watched.
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Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2025
Their offenses range from misdemeanor counts of demonstrating or picketing to felonies that include assaulting officers and civil disorder.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2025
In another setback, Le Pen lost his European Parliament seat in 2002 for a year for assaulting a Socialist politician during a 1997 election campaign.
—Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Officers from the Antioch Police Department were found boasting about fabricating evidence and assaulting suspects.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
All were convicted of assaulting or obstructing officers during the riot.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
Of those, 608 have been charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding law enforcement agents or officers or obstructing those officers during a civil disorder.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
The assaulting force, a mixture of ground- and aerial unmanned vehicles, was used in the Kharkiv Oblast in northern Ukraine.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2024
In the complaint, Lombardo is accused of assaulting Ziff in a New York City hotel room in 2011.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 23 Dec. 2024
Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2025
Their offenses range from misdemeanor counts of demonstrating or picketing to felonies that include assaulting officers and civil disorder.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2025
In another setback, Le Pen lost his European Parliament seat in 2002 for a year for assaulting a Socialist politician during a 1997 election campaign.
—Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Officers from the Antioch Police Department were found boasting about fabricating evidence and assaulting suspects.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
All were convicted of assaulting or obstructing officers during the riot.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
Of those, 608 have been charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding law enforcement agents or officers or obstructing those officers during a civil disorder.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
The assaulting force, a mixture of ground- and aerial unmanned vehicles, was used in the Kharkiv Oblast in northern Ukraine.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2024
In the complaint, Lombardo is accused of assaulting Ziff in a New York City hotel room in 2011.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 23 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assaulting
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Even in districts that have staff dedicated to teaching Black history, some teachers are afraid of violating state law, according to Brian Knowles, who oversees African American, Holocaust and Latino studies for the Palm Beach County school district.—
Kate Payne,
Orlando Sentinel,
23 Dec. 2024
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That year, the campaign finance regulator separately found that Wyss’s groups failed to provide evidence of certain grant agreements upon conservatives accusing him of violating laws on foreign nationals making donations.—
Gabe Kaminsky,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
22 Dec. 2024
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The inmate accused of fatally attacking prison guard Andrew Lansing on Christmas Day was issued a misconduct report in April for making threats, according to Lansing's brother and the prison guard union.—
Laura A. Bischoff,
The Enquirer,
27 Dec. 2024
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The two attacking players could only be registered once a unique loophole opened up via long-term injuries to center backs Andreas Christensen and Ronald Araujo was exploited by the Catalans.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
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Oren, Alon and Tal Alexander all from Miami Beach, are also facing at least four other civil lawsuits filled with disturbing allegations of drugging and raping women.—
Charles Rabin,
Miami Herald,
3 Jan. 2025
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Judge Torres has granted lawyer Alex Spiro's request to file a dismissal motion in the lawsuit that accuses Jay-Z of raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
3 Jan. 2025
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One of Mangione’s attorneys told a judge that government officials, including New York Mayor Eric Adams, have turned Mangione into a political pawn, robbing him of his rights as a defendant and tainting the jury pool.—
Michael R. Sisak and Jake Offenhartz,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Dec. 2024
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Cops have arrested a motorist accused of attacking and robbing an NYPD traffic enforcement agent of his electronic summons book after getting a ticket on a busy Queens street, police said Friday.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
20 Dec. 2024
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“Assaulting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assaulting. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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