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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
Martinez and Ruiz were present in court Wednesday and both have entered not guilty pleas to a federal charge of assaulting, resisting or impeding federal officers.
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Omar Jimenez, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Dunn is charged with assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating and interfering with a federal officer.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Sean Dunn is facing charges of allegedly assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating and interfering with a federal officer, according to The Associated Press.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office confirmed Haro also admitted to filing a false police report and assaulting a child under 8.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
In Louisiana, a youth leader confessed to drugging and assaulting three boys during a sleepover.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
She was charged with first-degree murder, second-degree child abuse, felonious assault and assaulting/resisting/obstructing a police officer, investigators said.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2025
The candidate for Illinois’ Ninth Congressional District was indicted on charges of assaulting, resisting and impeding federal officers.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
The indictment returned by the federal grand jury is skeletal in details, but more information is found in the federal civil rights lawsuit filed by Sodiq Folarin Amusat, the 29-year-old Black man Mangan is accused of assaulting, against Mangan and the city of Lawrence.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Omar Jimenez, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Dunn is charged with assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating and interfering with a federal officer.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Sean Dunn is facing charges of allegedly assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating and interfering with a federal officer, according to The Associated Press.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office confirmed Haro also admitted to filing a false police report and assaulting a child under 8.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
In Louisiana, a youth leader confessed to drugging and assaulting three boys during a sleepover.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
She was charged with first-degree murder, second-degree child abuse, felonious assault and assaulting/resisting/obstructing a police officer, investigators said.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2025
The candidate for Illinois’ Ninth Congressional District was indicted on charges of assaulting, resisting and impeding federal officers.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
The indictment returned by the federal grand jury is skeletal in details, but more information is found in the federal civil rights lawsuit filed by Sodiq Folarin Amusat, the 29-year-old Black man Mangan is accused of assaulting, against Mangan and the city of Lawrence.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assaulting
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In September, Nevada’s Bureau of Water Pollution Control fined the company nearly $250,000 for violating environmental regulations nearly 800 times in the last two years, including for spilling untreated groundwater onto public roads and not reporting it to authorities, ProPublica first reported.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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Council President Joe LaCava simply gave a hand-slap to Surf Cup for violating the deed restrictions, granting it the right to continue with commercial use.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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Under the guidance of Julian Nagelsmann, Germany has rediscovered its attacking rhythm and pressing intensity, signaling a potential return to the elite.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement has angered many Americans by wearing masks while on duty, attacking peaceful protesters and arresting mostly people with no criminal record.—
Tom Roland,
Billboard,
5 Nov. 2025
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Taylor Cadle, 22, alleged in a lawsuit that Polk County Sheriff's Office personnel, including Sheriff Grady Judd and investigator Melissa Turnage, accused her of lying to investigators, forcing her to write apology notes to her adoptive father who had been raping her for years.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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He was convicted of raping and killing a 6-year-old girl in 1979 after entering through a window and abducting her from her central Florida home.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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In Dreams, Franco recalls a resourceful Chastain raiding her closet at home for luxury costumes to play a wealthy socialite on set.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Oct. 2025
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Good taste must be genetic, because these celebrity daughters can't stop raiding their stylish moms' closets.—
Alex Apatoff,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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In the predawn hours of October 31, FBI agents descended on the Detroit suburb where the men lived and detonated smoke bombs before storming into their homes.—
Mark Morales,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Stines, 44, was allegedly caught on security video storming into Mullins’ chambers before shooting him in an alleged courthouse ambush that rattled the Appalachian community.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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But Gallagher couldn’t bear robbing the audience — and Marissa — of the satisfaction of his downfall.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
8 Nov. 2025
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In a separate case, a Russian soldier who had been accused of robbing a house in the village of Blystavitsy in the Bucha district of the Kyiv region in March 2022 was found not guilty.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Over the past two months, JNIM has stepped up attacks on fuel supplies, ambushing tankers on the roads from Ivory Coast and Senegal.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
2 Nov. 2025
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After ambushing Fuller at her mansion, Teddy and his accomplice/cousin Don (Aidan Delbis) knock her unconscious with a tranquilizer and load her into the backseat of her own car.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Assaulting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assaulting. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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