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Recent Examples of attacker
Her adrenal gland would begin to work overtime and she’d be lifted up, energized, hunted, and desperate to outwit her attacker and survive.
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Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
Federal agencies are also issuing advisories about the group's social engineering techniques, noting how attackers impersonate help desks, abuse multi-factor authentication and harvest credentials to access corporate networks.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Jan. 2026
Premature substitution is the specific scenario where a goalie is being pulled for an extra attacker and his replacement jumps on early, and it can be penalized with a whistle and a faceoff instead of a minor.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
The attacker fled on foot, heading south, police said.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
The alleged attacker was identified as 48-year-old Calor Madanescht.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2026
By the time Cooper found Ariana in the back alley of The Patch Cafe, her attacker (played by Mike Harkins), had beaten Ariana and was on top of her, ripping off her shirt and about to take down her pants.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 12 Jan. 2026
Investigators identified the attacker as Vernot, according to Suffolk County police.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2026
Written by the survivor of the Stanford attacker Brock Turner, Miller takes the reader through her experiences of the legal system and its impacts on her family and her life in this intimate look into what survivors and victims endure in their pursuit of justice.
—Rebecca Hannigan, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
Federal agencies are also issuing advisories about the group's social engineering techniques, noting how attackers impersonate help desks, abuse multi-factor authentication and harvest credentials to access corporate networks.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Jan. 2026
Premature substitution is the specific scenario where a goalie is being pulled for an extra attacker and his replacement jumps on early, and it can be penalized with a whistle and a faceoff instead of a minor.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
The attacker fled on foot, heading south, police said.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
The alleged attacker was identified as 48-year-old Calor Madanescht.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2026
By the time Cooper found Ariana in the back alley of The Patch Cafe, her attacker (played by Mike Harkins), had beaten Ariana and was on top of her, ripping off her shirt and about to take down her pants.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 12 Jan. 2026
Investigators identified the attacker as Vernot, according to Suffolk County police.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2026
Written by the survivor of the Stanford attacker Brock Turner, Miller takes the reader through her experiences of the legal system and its impacts on her family and her life in this intimate look into what survivors and victims endure in their pursuit of justice.
—Rebecca Hannigan, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attacker
assailant
Noun
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The assailant allegedly drove up in the truck, kidnapped Amber and traveled away from Highway 360 towards the center of Arlington.—
Emily Krauser,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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In July, a group of assailants opened fire on an ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Attacker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attacker. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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