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Recent Examples of assailant
There’s a heartbreaking passage in which Kennedy explains her decision not to name her assailant.
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Cindi Leive, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
In another, a man was critically injured last week after an assailant pushed him onto the subway tracks in front of a train in Manhattan in a random attack, police said.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 6 Jan. 2025
Cops released photos of an unknown assailant on Saturday who punched and slashed a straphanger in the face after an argument inside a Brooklyn subway station last month.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2025
The media provide updates, profile victims, and explore how the assailant, U.S. citizen and Army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar ...
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 4 Jan. 2025
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Cindi Leive, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
In another, a man was critically injured last week after an assailant pushed him onto the subway tracks in front of a train in Manhattan in a random attack, police said.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 6 Jan. 2025
Cops released photos of an unknown assailant on Saturday who punched and slashed a straphanger in the face after an argument inside a Brooklyn subway station last month.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2025
The media provide updates, profile victims, and explore how the assailant, U.S. citizen and Army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar ...
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Assailant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assailant. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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