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assassin

[uh-sas-in] / əˈsæs ɪn /


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The game follows Kenway, also from Swansea, as he sails to the Caribbean as a privateer looking for wealth, and evolves into a pirate, then assassin.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

Lady Thatcher and her assassin are "the entrance point" to that issue, he says.

From BBC May 8, 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

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

For five minutes, the assassin and the servant argued about whether Powell would leave the medicine with Bell.

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

"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

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

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

I couldn’t remember whether I’d slept on the floor out of fear of assassins or bedbugs.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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