assailable

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assailable
Adjective
  • But President Trump sees NATO more like a transaction between countries where allies have to pay up or be left undefended.
    Adrian Ma, NPR, 13 May 2026
  • Back then, America feared an armada of Soviet bombers laden with A-bombs barreling over the horizon, dodging our few anti-aircraft batteries, and dropping their deadly payloads on undefended American cities.
    Barry Scott Zellen, Hartford Courant, 22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • If your cat or dog is outdoors and unprotected, fleas hitch a ride and come indoors with them.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 23 June 2026
  • The Celtics’ final offer to the Bucks included 29-year-old five-time NBA All-Star Jaylen Brown and two unprotected first-round picks, according to Charania.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026
Adjective
  • Tomatoes are susceptible to numerous diseases and environmental challenges that can impact plant growth and fruit production.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 21 June 2026
  • Wood’s career was derailed by injuries, leading to worries of hard throwers being susceptible to blowing out pitching arms.
    ABC News, ABC News, 18 June 2026
Adjective
  • Samsung had previously been found liable in a similar trademark case in 2022, also filed in London, involving third-party apps on its smartwatches.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 26 June 2026
  • In Raney’s view, if the AI misses important context in a bodycam video that could clear someone of wrongdoing, and an officer fails to review it, their department could be held liable.
    Noah Daly June 26, Idaho Statesman, 26 June 2026
Adjective
  • The body lay unsecured for more than 10 hours while burglars twice picked through the dead man’s room.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
  • That matters because state law sets an order of priority for who gets paid from an estate, and unsecured creditors usually sit near the back of the line, behind administrative costs, funeral expenses, taxes and certain priority claims.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 25 June 2026
Adjective
  • Very good passer who can be a connector offensively, start the break himself, and has improved each year as a shooter, making 37% of his 3-pointers this season, including 45% when unguarded and even 38% off the dribble.
    Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • As Germany pushed forward for an equalizer, goalkeeper Manuel Neuer was caught out of position, allowing South Korean forward Son Heung-Min to slot a second goal into the unguarded net.
    Tushaar Kuthiala, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 June 2026
Adjective
  • And nobody knows more about being a target of The Odyssey’s most insecure fans than Emily Wilson.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 June 2026
  • This finding specifically held true for people with fearful and preoccupied attachment styles, two subtypes of insecure attachment associated with a craving for intimacy but, respectively, a deep fear of it or a fear of rejection and abandonment.
    Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 20 June 2026
Adjective
  • Some lenders are more exposed than others.
    Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • The outer layers of the star will eventually cool and disperse, leaving a nebula of ex-stellar material surrounding the sun's core, which will then become an exposed cooling stellar remnant called a white dwarf.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Assailable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assailable. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.

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