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enfiladed

verb

past tense of enfilade

as in attacked

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Many questions Bukele has billed the rapid buildup as a search-and-rescue operation to find the missing Salvadorans, who were attacked east of Port-au-Prince while returning to camp after a trip to the supermarket.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
Kaye spent around $100,000 on dozens of ads in the Hollywood trades, Variety among them, some of which attacked Norton and the studio.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Oct. 2026

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Democratic and Republican lawmakers assailed the diesel deal, which came a month after Trump signed a bill to impose tariffs on countries that import Russian oil.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 19 Oct. 2026
Bass assailed Raman over the video, accusing the councilmember of calling the city’s police officers fascist liars.

— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

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The wreckage of Wednesday's crash reminded many of the aftermath of another train collision in January, when 46 people died in southern Spain when an Iryo train jumped the track and hit an oncoming Renfe train.

— JOSEPH WILSON, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
The teams combined to hit just four homers, three for Milwaukee.

— Rob Maaddi, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

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The settlers have ravaged Palestinian villages as the Israeli government and military look the other way, if not outright condone the violence.

— Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 27 Oct. 2026
Archaeologists in England have uncovered new remains at one of the country's oldest and largest medieval leprosy hospitals, hundreds of years after the disease ravaged communities across Britain.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

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Kyiv has pounded Russian refineries this year in an effort to cut the revenue the Kremlin collects from energy exports and curtail Moscow's ability to wage war.

— Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026
The Pistons pounded the inside and scored 24 second-chance points.

— Dan Gelston, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026

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