assassin
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But Musetti proved a silent assassin here, biding his time and making few mistakes when the opportunities arrived.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Don’t waste one brain cell trying to deduce the assassin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
The Surrey man is a more reserved character – an assassin rather than a warrior.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 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
Despite claims to the contrary, Corkhill said, the assassin was completely sane.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
He was on the march "to demonstrate against the assassins of humanity", he added.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 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
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
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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