assassin

Don’t waste one brain cell trying to deduce the assassin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

The Surrey man is a more reserved character – an assassin rather than a warrior.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

This is indeed a 19th-century term, but the baseball usage dates from the early 1880s: The word rose in prominence with the trial of Charles Guiteau, the assassin of President James Garfield.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

But it isn’t a terrorist or an assassin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

Despite claims to the contrary, Corkhill said, the assassin was completely sane.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

He was on the march "to demonstrate against the assassins of humanity", he added.

From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026

A nod of appreciation to those assassins who don't make it - Ballon d'Or-winner Andriy Shevchenko was close, Christian Vieri's highlights and world-record transfer fee came last century.

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026

I don’t want to go too deep into the plot, which involves a supersonic weapon, stolen software, assassins on motorcycles and a common ticking-clock device, but it’s closer to “Moonraker,” say, than “Slow Horses.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026

Antony uses the opportunity to skillfully turn the Romans against the assassins, mocking Brutus as “an honorable man,” who had committed “bloody treason.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025

Seriously, there is no part of me that cares about the welfare of assassins or Templars or any game character ever.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli