assassination
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But it also describes what happened in the U.S. in the 1960s, when protests over racism, the Vietnam War, and the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. sometimes escalated into riots.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2026
But when Grace survives an assassination attempt, Todd is genuinely shaken.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said a man accused of plotting an assassination attack against him and his defence minister has been detained.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Forced into hiding under police protection—the British security services identified at least six assassination plots against him—Mr. Rushdie decided years later to live a normal life, and so he did.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
How much did John Kennedy know about this assassination plot?
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Foma stressed that he only passed on intelligence to the Ukrainians, and his network did not carry out any assassinations themselves.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Vietnam, inner-city riots, and the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. had cast a pall over the Day-Glo optimism of the Love Generation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Unlike so many retellings of famous assassinations, attempted or otherwise, Harron’s movie gets to the heart of its subject’s discontent without dwelling on dramatizations of Solanas’ fragile psyche.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2026
"Well, you know, I've studied assassinations," Trump said.
From Barron's ● Apr. 26, 2026
In 1969 it became clear to us that he was living in 1968, because he kept shaking his head over the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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