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How to use the word assailants in a Sentence?

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In this environment, given the threats of the assailants and the utter lack of sympathy -- or protection -- by jail officials, the women, understandably, initially kept quiet about what happened. They were in fear of their lives.

Steve Wagner

Found on CNN
1 year ago

He arrived by private plane in June with political objectives and contacted a private security firm to recruit the people who committed this act, the initial mission that was given to these assailants was to protect the individual named Emmanuel Sanon, but afterwards the mission changed.

Police Chief Leon Charles

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Andrew Cuomo and the Democrats in Albany have spent the past 4 years dismantling our criminal justice system, undermining public safety, and even threatening the well-being of alleged assailants, to now blame the increase in violence on anyone but themselves is absurd and dishonest.

Marc Molinaro

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The tracker contradicted his initial testimony that he had been roped up and gagged by three assailants. Instead, what we found was that he moved around the house, going from the attic to the basement.

Apostolos Skrekas

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The assailants killed women, men and children, it wasn't possible to evacuate all the bodies today because we had to wait for an escort from the army.

Richard Kivanzanga

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The assailants are identified as Mai-Mai rebels demanding the departure of the international community engaged in the Ebola response.

Patrick Kambale

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The operation against assailants in the camp premises ended. Search and sweep operations are ongoing.

Olivier Salgado

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Of the six assailants, three were killed and three others are still being sought, this attack was claimed by AQIM. This is further proof that this group is dangerous.

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The inspection of the bodies shows that the assailants were Muslims.

Sumedh Singh Saini

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

As long as there are assailants in the world, we will always be required to be ready for defense.

President Tayyip Erdogan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find his weak point.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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