jump (on)

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Verb
  • Convicted of assaulting a law enforcement officer and civil disorder.
    Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Riddle, though, worried about the message the executive action sends to those convicted of assaulting police officers.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • On Wednesday, gunmen attacked a checkpoint near Jableh, killing two members of the new government’s security force.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Trump appointee Michael Pack won confirmation from the U.S. Senate in May 2020 after a two-year wait and spent his seven-plus months in office attacking many of its journalists.
    David Folkenflik, NPR, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Next, a spate of inflation raided American pocketbooks.
    Ana Swanson, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Authorities raided slot-machine parlors in suburban West Palm Beach, Fort Pierce, Vero Beach and Zephyrhills, confiscating machines and cash.
    David Fleshler, Sun Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The Anti-Defamation League is scolding Elon Musk after coming to the billionaire titan’s defense earlier in the week.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Those opinions are usually punctuated by scolding those who do not immediately comply.
    Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Some slammed the woman's decision to travel while sick, while others noted that avoiding potentially contagious passengers in a crowded airport can be challenging.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
  • But the giant headwinds slammed the economy — especially a property crisis fueling deflation — can make China’s official growth data seem fanciful.
    William Pesek, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Hours into his presidency, Trump issued 1,500 pardons of defendants who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to stop the certification of the 2020 election.
    Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The Blakes are a humble family and the idea of her dad blowing past security to storm the court had Mikayla cracking up.
    Grace Raynor, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The video struck a chord with many gaining millions of views on the app.
    Alice Gibbs, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Meta struck a multiyear deal with Reuters last year.
    Sara Fischer, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
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