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How to use the word Assault in a Sentence? Page #4

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I wish you had that same attitude when an African American conservative is appointed to high office in the Judiciary, so rather than this wonderful exchange, which was wonderful, Rep. Green, where were you and others when there was a wholesale assault on her nomination? Nowhere to be found.

– Lindsey Graham

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2 years ago

Vitally important is that 10 more illegal firearms have been taken off the streets of this city that will never be used to victimize another New Yorker, in addition to the illegal guns, the other arrests were for drug sale or possession, forgery, suspended or revoked driver's licenses, reckless endangerment, felony assault, criminal possession of a knife and criminal trespass.

– Keechant Sewell

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2 years ago

The VAWA Reauthorization Act of 2022 will expand prevention efforts and protections for survivors, including those from underserved communities, and will provide increased resources and training for law enforcement and our judicial system, it will strengthen rape prevention and education efforts, support rape crisis centers, improve the training of sexual assault forensic examiners, and broaden access to legal services for all survivors, among other things.

– Joe Biden

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2 years ago

Tribal courts will now be able to exercise jurisdiction over non-Native perpetrators of sexual assault and sex trafficking, and we're providing more support for legal services and for law enforcement to get the training they need to help handle the trauma survivors are experiencing.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I think the Congress generally appreciates the fact that three weeks into this assault by a much bigger country, The Ukrainian leader is still able to go somewhere and have a virtual meeting with the Congress of the United States.

– Missouri Republican

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked assault on Ukraine has threatened to plunge Europe into the deadliest conflict since 1945, putin’s continued attack on a sovereign nation demands a strong and united response from the U.S and our NATO allies. I am glad to visit Poland as we work together to halt Putin’s advance.

– Roger Wicker

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I do not understand how anyone in American public office could call Zelensky a' thug' while Ukraine is under such vicious assault, let's be clear. The thug is Vladimir Putin.

– Michele Woodhouse

Found on CNN
2 years ago

And so for that reason, it's always been very important to me to give back and be part of something bigger than me, and I think this Ukraine crisis is nothing short of that. We have to do something bigger than us because we're literally seeing an assault on democracy right now.

– Stella Binkenvich

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This is really a grievous assault on children, it's a profound disregard for their health and wellbeing, it's politically motivated, and demonstrates the degree to which individuals will go to advance their political careers even at the expense of the health and wellbeing of children.

– Jeffrey Goldhagen

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We have to address the question of what's happening across the country in terms of the assault on voting rights. And we would also have to address the illiberal forces within our country that are driving the challenge to voter rights. So I didn't understand it and I thought it was a mistake.

– Eddie Glaude

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2 years ago

We don't want our nuclear power plants to come under assault, to be on fire, and to not have first responders be able to access them.

– Jon Wolfsthal

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2 years ago

We talk like. There’s no amendment that’s absolute, when the amendment was passed it didn’t say anybody can own a gun, any kind of gun, and any kind of weapon. You couldn’t buy a cannon when this amendment was passed so there’s no reason why you should be able to buy certain assault weapons. But that’s another issue.

– Joe Biden

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2 years ago

With this legislation, we can help fight assault and harassment in maritime transportation through penalties for perpetrators, new requirements for owners, expanded legal recourse for victims, and a myriad of policies to prevent sexual assault and harassment in the first place.

– Peter DeFazio

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Even so, Russia’s war in Ukraine offers Biden an opportunity, in Brinkley’s view, to convince Americans of the importance of a united transatlantic alliance and to emphasize that he brought allies together to stand against Putin’s assault, it’s a key moment to take the stage as the global leader who is going to halt authoritarianism by building up our armed forces. He somehow has to make people really feel like ‘the USA is back,’ that democracy is eternal.

– White House

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2 years ago

The allegations of assault, and allegations of collusion by the Board President are reprehensible, and neither party should be allowed to make decisions that involve the over 45,000 women and children in our school district.

– Dustin Clark

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I suspect many modern Russians get their news from a variety of sources and not just state-sponsored outlets, today, for example, there were reports of demonstrations popping up across a number of Russian cities protesting the Kremlin's assault on Ukraine.Most Russian people consider Ukrainians family, not enemies.

– Robert Maginnis

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Russia's unprovoked attack on Ukraine using military and cyber weapons violates international law and the fundamental human rights of the Ukrainian people, i condemn this unjust assault on the sovereignty of Ukraine that threatens security in Europe and the entire world, and I call on President Putin to halt all military action and restore peace.

– Jimmy Carter

Found on CNN
2 years ago

As soon as I returned fire through that window the threat stopped, and I felt pretty helpless, like there is no way we can challenge this guy with an assault rifle.

– Brett Hankison

Found on CNN
2 years ago

And I felt pretty helpless, like there is no way we can challenge this guy with an assault rifle.

– Brett Hankison

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This, my friends, is our moment. This is the Sudetenland, that's what people were saying [abroad in Munich]. You cannot ignore what Putin is doing. Nobody, of course, is ignoring it. But you cannot take it any lighter than what it is -- a total assault on democracy.

– Yuri Kochetkov/Pool -RRB- Pelosi

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

George Gascon is either lying or poorly managing George Gascon office, either way, Los Angeles’s a very bad look for someone who is facing a recall. And Los Angeles’s even worse for the victim of sexual assault. Who did n’t receive the criminal justice she deserved because of Gascon’s blanket policies.

– Neama Rahmani

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The Results suggest that screening for a broader range of experiences of sexual violence in routine health care, including sexual harassment in the workplace, as well as verbal harassment or assault, and being aware of and treating potential cardiovascular health consequences may be beneficial for women's long-term health, reducing sexual violence against women, which is important in its own right, may also provide a strategy for improving women's lifetime cardiovascular health.

– Rebecca Thurston

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If you look at President Biden situation right now, in some ways President Biden's facing all sorts of crises, multiple ones. Maybe that's where a president lives, but he's got to worry about this( Russia) crisis, he's worrying about Covid, he's worried about inflation, he's worried about Congress, and most importantly, an assault on democracy. In a certain sense, once this thing is settled in some way or another, that's going to be the major crisis that I think he has to face.

– Doris Kearns Goodwin

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Homicides are at a 22-year high in Orange County, and it’s no wonder as Todd Spitzer is spending all his time talking about another county, since he became DA our community has experienced a wave of violence not seen since the 1990s. From facing at least five sexual harassment lawsuits to being kicked off a sexual assault case for mistreating survivors, and making racist remarks while considering whether California should execute a Black man, Todd is evidently too distracted covering up his misdeeds, retaliating against victims and protecting his friends to do his job.

– Pete Hardin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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