assassin
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She has been “handling” Helen since the latter was a guileless young assassin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
A cranky, offensive yet somehow lovable John Malkovich plays an old Company assassin named Chris.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
Award-winning actress Gabrielle Creevy has told how she loved being able to play "a very Welsh assassin" in the upcoming new season of spy thriller Black Doves.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Are you a silent assassin, a strategic mastermind or an agent of chaos?
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
They traveled for the remainder of the day, and the assassin sat in silence as she watched the forest pass, the tightness in her chest not easing until they’d left that shimmering glen far behind.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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
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
Although Netflix's action thriller “Black Doves” is set in London, it traffics in its version of this debate when two assassins and a civilian discuss their favorite Christmas movies to pass the time.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2024
And Lazlo was surprised by the strength of his gratitude—to be believed, even by a tomb raider from a family of assassins.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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