assassin
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Ali’s mournful assassin is trying to stay one step ahead of his enemies and, likewise, the movie fights like hell to elude conventionality.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
But Musetti proved a silent assassin here, biding his time and making few mistakes when the opportunities arrived.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Octavia Spencer and Hannah Waddingham star in a funny, refreshing series about best friends who face a bump in their relationship when one discovers that the other is a professional assassin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Lady Thatcher and her assassin are "the entrance point" to that issue, he says.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
A hand upon his sword, Dorian Havilliard watched the assassin from his spot on the other side of the sleeping company.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
"This awoke not just Michoacan, but all of Mexico," she told AFP while surrounded by bodyguards to keep would-be assassins at bay.
From Barron's ● May 18, 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
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
Each day he and his fiancée Sarah would sit on a bench at the South Pasadena train stop and make up ridiculous stories about strangers, transforming average passers-by into assassins and cowboys.
From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2024
The Ice Court had been built to withstand an onslaught of armies, assassins, Grisha, and spies.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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