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One defender who could keep the quarterback from further silencing the critics who had assailed his inconsistency and maddening tendency to attempt — and fail — to hurdle defenders.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2021

Even though he had assailed the chiefs earlier in the week, he said, “I’m happy with Dan Coats.”

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2019

It was Nov. 19, 1964, and Hoover the previous day had assailed King at a news conference as “the most notorious liar in the country.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2017

The crowd's, to the removal of Kevin Doyle, was a chorus of "You don't know what you're doing" and boos such as had assailed the manager at half-time and did so again at the end.

From The Guardian • Dec. 30, 2012

It may, however, simply have been another bout of deep blue melancholia, the kind that had assailed him off and on for years.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson