assassin
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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
Lady Thatcher and her assassin are "the entrance point" to that issue, he says.
From BBC ● May 8, 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
The character they built for “Normal” was intentionally less mythic and more grounded than the former government assassin Odenkirk plays in “Nobody.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026
If we did fetch him, it would be an admission of guilt—that he really was an assassin working for us.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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
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
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
In a strange twist, many newspapers mocked Lincoln for the way he eluded the assassins by wearing a cheap disguise as he snuck into Washington.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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