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The phrase "a single assault" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to refer to one specific attack or act of violence, often in a legal or military context. Example: "The investigation revealed that the suspect was involved in a single assault on the victim last month."
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Appellate courts could view multiple acts of violence as a single assault.
The only difference now is the number of people affected by a single assault.
The Shabab returned fire with a single assault rifle, sparingly fired, pop by pop.
A single assault and brief uptick in violence typically would not draw concern in a system with 13,000 inmates.
Significantly, voter turnout in Kandahar province, the Taliban heartland, was far higher than anticipated, with not a single assault on a polling centre.
But not a single assault or drug possession charge in three decades?
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The case, a media spectacle across Canada, could see Ghomeshi serve a minimum of 10 years in prison if he's convicted on a single sexual assault charge — he faces four counts of sexual assault and one count of overcoming resistance to sexual assault by choking.
French police have been conducting a concerted manhunt for the perpetrators of the worst terrorist attack in France for half a century and the bloodiest single assault on western journalism in living memory.
But, in office, he hasn't led a single frontal assault.
The pen coalesced these into a single, dreadful assault on my well-being.
The submission said not a single sexual assault had been investigated by the police.
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