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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Compounding all this is the fear that the ordeal is not yet over and that her assailants may return to kill her.
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He believed that with such experience she would not have resisted the orders of her assailant .
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It flings its fine hairs in the face of the assailant , in a dense cloud.
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Sleep came to him like an unseen assailant .
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The doctoral student was apparently attempting to change a flat tire when his assailant struck.
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The lieutenant kicked and punched her assailants but was overpowered.
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Tiny though she was compared with her assailant , she fought like a wildcat.