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
The big reveal in the opening of the film—which rivals a James Bond pre-credit sequence in longevity, action and skiing through the Alps—is that the ruthless assassin ruining everyone’s Austrian vacation is a woman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Don’t waste one brain cell trying to deduce the assassin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
Lady Thatcher and her assassin are "the entrance point" to that issue, he says.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
The princess suddenly stared into Celaena’s eyes with a ferocity that made the assassin recoil slightly.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
"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
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
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
Each day he and his fiancée Sarah would sit on a bench at the South Pasadena train stop and make up ridiculous stories about strangers, transforming average passers-by into assassins and cowboys.
From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2024
The Ice Court had been built to withstand an onslaught of armies, assassins, Grisha, and spies.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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