assassination
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Representatives from Utah and California introduced federal legislation in March that would prohibit betting “related to terrorism, assassination, war, gaming, or illegal activity,” according to a press release.
From Slate • Jun. 30, 2026
"Following Larijani's assassination, Ghalibaf has emerged as the new public face of the Islamic republic's war effort and diplomacy," said Farzan Sabet, a managing researcher at the Geneva Graduate Institute.
From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026
Cooper’s ruling said that only Congress can change the center’s name under the federal law that stood up the cultural institution after Kennedy’s assassination.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026
In 2021, the country was thrown into chaos by the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, who has never been replaced, leaving Haiti's gangs to fill the void.
From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026
Following Kennedy’s assassination, President Lyndon Johnson embraced the antipoverty rhetoric with great passion, calling for an “unconditional war on poverty,” in his State of the Union Address in January 1964.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing assassination
American History I
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