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assassination

[uh-sas-uh-ney-shuhn] / əˌsæs əˈneɪ ʃən /








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Wood's adaptation of The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher has just opened at the Liverpool Everyman theatre.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Assassination attempts can also warp how journalists cover a president’s opposition, and subdue how that opposition behaves.

From Slate • Apr. 26, 2026

He held a mix of above and below the line roles on projects, including the low-budget feature “Tag: The Assassination Game,” starring Linda Hamilton and Robert Carradine.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

The documents made public on Thursday included many that have been previously released with redactions, said Gerald Posner, an investigative journalist and author of “Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK.”

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2022

The final question that the bill do pass, was carried by a hundred and seventy-three votes to a hundred and fifty on the day which preceded the discovery of the Assassination Plot.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron




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