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assassin

[uh-sas-in] / əˈsæs ɪn /


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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

Ezio Auditore da Firenze, the main character of the first entries in the series, inspired the outfits and high-flying style of his "aerial assassin" persona.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

Two years later, another would-be assassin targeted Trump—and Curran is the one answering for the agency as questions about its preparedness mount.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

In an intense but calm voice, the assassin confided to Augustus, as though trying to persuade him, the strangest thing: “I’m mad. I’m mad!”

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

He was on the march "to demonstrate against the assassins of humanity", he added.

From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026

I don’t want to go too deep into the plot, which involves a supersonic weapon, stolen software, assassins on motorcycles and a common ticking-clock device, but it’s closer to “Moonraker,” say, than “Slow Horses.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026

In San Francisco: Police detective Frank Bullitt, played by Steve McQueen, pursues assassins who killed a mob witness he is assigned to protect in an epic 10-minute, 53-second car chase scene in “Bullitt.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

And, when that power comes on and pulls Scotland this way and that, enter the French assassins behind the scrum - all clever angles and deception, outrageous vision and ruthless execution.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2025

She’d win, and serve the king, and then vanish into nothing, and think no more of castles or kings or assassins.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas


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