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ravishments

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plural of ravishment

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the act of forcing a person to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse Yeats' poem about the ravishment of Leda by Zeus in the guise of a swan

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So far, Lineage has received nine violations related to the smell.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Stockton, California, now uses AI to scan for code violations proactively and rank them for inspectors; its pilot surfaced 4,000 violations in five days.

— Tom Dowling, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

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