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assassin

[uh-sas-in] / əˈsæs ɪn /


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But even then, the film feels energized by its bold mixture of pulp pleasures and weighty musings, operating with a bruising efficiency that Ali’s skilled assassin would no doubt respect.

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

He's the "aerial assassin" who's widely seen as the best pro wrestler of the last decade, but Will Ospreay is keen to point out that it's not come from him.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

He died decades later at what’s now St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, the same institution that would later house would-be Ronald Reagan assassin John Hinckley, Jr.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Mudd was puzzled by the sudden change in plan, as Booth had not yet told Mudd he was Lincoln’s assassin.

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

A perennial target of assassins, James survived the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, when Guy Fawkes and confederates hoped to blow up Parliament.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

Tailed by French intelligence officers, he thought he was being followed by Israeli assassins and gave himself in at a police station.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2025

Osric Mordaunt, considered a dark magic user, is part of an order of assassins hated and dismissed by Aurienne Fairhrim’s light magic order of healers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2025

The evidence gathered at Mudd’s farm, plus alleged sightings of the fugitives southwest of his farm, suggested that the assassins were making for Virginia.

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


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