assassin
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Senior presidential adviser Stephen Miller called Pretti a "would-be assassin".
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026
Hence, he survived much longer than he should have by convincing his prey, including Zac Efron’s wide-eyed brother Dylan, that he’d be too obvious an assassin.
From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026
Netflix’s four-part miniseries, based on Candice Millard’s nonfiction book, tells the little known story of President James A. Garfield and his assassin.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025
The assassin may have been lost to history by nearly everyone but Stephen Sondheim.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
And so Magister Brangwain Spurge, unsuccessful assassin, leaned forward with his elbows on his scrawny knees and began to make his full confession.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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