Example Sentences
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Belgium’s soccer federation assailed FIFA’s lack of transparency and said it was “astonished” by the reversal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Mayor Karen Bass finds herself in the extraordinary position, as an incumbent, of fighting to make the runoff as she is assailed from the left and the right.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
He did not respond to a detailed list of questions but assailed the requests in two posts on X, where he has 1.8 million followers.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2026
But she also assailed her colleagues for failing to explain themselves.
From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2026
But as she sat there amid her guests, she felt the old ennui overtaking her, the hopelessness which so often assailed her, which came upon her like an obsession, like something extraneous, independent of volition.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
