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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on March 4 that the U.S. had killed the head of an Iranian unit behind an alleged plot to assassinate President Trump.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

The Church Committee recommended, and Congress subsequently enacted, dozens of sweeping reforms to foreign intelligence collection activities, as well as restraints on future efforts by the U.S. government to assassinate people.

From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2026

Among those released so far are Spanish-Venezuelan rights activist Rocio San Miguel, arrested in 2024 over her purported role in an alleged plot to assassinate Maduro.

From Barron's ● Jan. 17, 2026

The HSCA’s link analysis about the Grapevine Tavern and its conclusion that the Ray family was deeply involved in the plan to assassinate King were never pursued by the Department of Justice.

From Slate ● Dec. 1, 2025

He was convinced that if anyone tried to assassinate him, these two stocky morons would be powerless to prevent it, but he trusted that their presence would at least scare off spontaneous detraaors.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

Error endlessly assassinates itself in a futile effort to escape its immortality.

From Fantazius Mallare A Mysterious Oath by Wallace Smith

"Hatred of lawlessness and the sort of meanness that assassinates and quarrels," was the quiet and surprising response.

From The Code of the Mountains by Charles Neville Buck

Fear is the dungeon of the mind, and superstition is a dagger with which hypocrisy assassinates the soul.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 1 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures by Robert Green Ingersoll

Ladies and Gentlemen: Fear is the dungeon of the mind, and superstition is a dagger with which hypocrisy assassinates the soul.

From Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I Including His Answers to the Clergy, His Oration at His Brother's Grave, Etc., Etc. by Robert Green Ingersoll

The accident was wondrous strange: Did you neither know your assassinates, nor your deliverer?

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 by Sir Walter Scott

Eight of the 45 men who have occupied the country’s highest office died during their terms—of them, four were assassinated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Kennedy, who was born after her father was assassinated, credits not only him but her whole family with inspiring her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Its last president was assassinated in 2021 and has not been replaced.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

After a week of mass funeral processions, rallies and mourning ceremonies in Iran, the assassinated former supreme leader has been buried.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

He thought of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated in 1914.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green

The ANC reflected on the pain caused by Hani's assassination and said the release was a reminder of "the bullet that pierced through our hearts, assassinating a father and comrade".

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2024

Mr. Kara-Murza became known as a vocal critic of what he called a Kremlin policy of assassinating political enemies.

From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2023

A California review board on Wednesday denied parole to Sirhan Sirhan, the Palestinian refugee serving a life sentence for assassinating U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in 1968.

From Reuters ● Mar. 2, 2023

One of the pieces of information revealed was a psychological evaluation of Lee Harvey Oswald, who was arrested for assassinating John F. Kennedy.

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2022

Their mission was to strike a blow against Austria and the Hapsburg monarchy by assassinating Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman