assassin
Example Sentences
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Don’t waste one brain cell trying to deduce the assassin.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Lady Thatcher and her assassin are "the entrance point" to that issue, he says.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
The shooting on Saturday, which Trump blamed on a "would-be assassin," also caused him to riff on one of his favorite topics -- the huge $400 million ballroom he is building at the White House.
From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026
The actor who played the East German assassin on Bond’s tail wasn’t so fortunate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026
“I was born in Terrasen, then I became an assassin, then I went to Endovier, and now I’m here. And that’s it.”
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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