as in violation
the act of forcing a person to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse
Yeats' poem about the ravishment of Leda by Zeus in the guise of a swan
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Kalkbrenner hit a jump hook and the Huskies turned the ball over on a shot clock violation as Creighton came out of the break on a 9-3 run, its lead swelling to 17 points.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
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Israeli military operations inside Gaza have continued since the ceasefire began – in response, the IDF has said, to threats to its troops or Hamas violations, but there has been a decline in casualties.—
Billy Stockwell,
CNN,
15 Mar. 2025
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Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman was convicted of the brutal rape and murder of 28-year-old Molly Elliott in 1996.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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Members of both the SVU team and Law & Order's 27th Precinct will investigate a series of rapes and murders victimizing marginalized women.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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Beijing has also softened its regulatory assault on Chinese technology companies and the property sector.—
Jacky Wong,
WSJ,
6 Feb. 2023
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Zelenskyy has warned for weeks that Moscow aims to step up its assault after about two months of virtual stalemate along the front line that stretches across the south and east.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
31 Jan. 2023
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“Ravishment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ravishment. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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