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sallied

verb

past tense of sally

as in jumped

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Active users also climbed 96% month over month and 260% year over year in September while app downloads jumped by more than 187%.

— Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026
Its revenue rose by 30% in the first months of the year, while net profit jumped 13% to $194 million.

— Paige Bruton, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026

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In the video, she is tackled and her body falls across one of the bicycles as officers begin to try to restrain her.

— Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026
The Iraq War, the Covid-19 pandemic, the billionaire bubble and a social media audit are among the heady subjects tackled in cinemas this month.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 7 Oct. 2026

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Katie Kirby has created an unforgettable character whose humour, vulnerability, and optimism have captured the hearts of readers around the world.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026
Some lines were even captured while Minnelli was in a car, to be rerecorded later.

— Brian Raftery, Vanity Fair, 6 Oct. 2026

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Hundreds of diplomats filed out as Netanyahu approached the lectern from where leaders of France, Brazil, and the UK assailed Israel this week.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Predecessor Justin Trudeau's government had assailed Saudi Arabia’s human rights record, spurring a five-year diplomatic split.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of assailed

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Last week prosecutors charged Kerry with preparing terrorist acts, including against Farage, between May 2024 and the day Widdecombe was killed.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
Griffith and management were never charged, and the three men accused of trafficking the runaway girl — and stealing her tips — were arrested.

— David Goodhue October 9, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026

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And, for extra-cheap laffs, these animals routinely mugged to the camera about how awful their lives were at the hands of the humans misusing them.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026
Stuff like Caitlin Clark getting mugged with no foul being called, or Sophie Cunningham pointing at some obnoxious player, or ESPN drooling over a coach wearing a pro-trans shirt.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026

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Key indicators that your current setup is failing include noticeable air currents that can be felt from across the room, as well as condensation or moisture trapped between the glass panes.

— Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
This is a person who’s really isolated herself, who has run from love, who has thought of love as a trap, and who has done everything in her power not to be trapped.

— Max Gao, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of trapped

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Shortly after, Iran attacked commercial vessels crossing the Strait of Hormuz, unraveling the precarious cease-fire the country had struck with the United States three months earlier.

— Narges Bajoghli, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2026
Russia also attacked warehouse facilities in the Bucha district of the Kyiv region on Friday, wounding three people, Ukraine’s Interior Ministry said on Telegram.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026

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