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Recent Examples of assassination
Looking at the historical data, Bloom found that some big spikes in the VIX were correlated with major political events, including the assassination of J.F.K. and the start of the first Gulf War.
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John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Secret Service pick: Trump taps agent who shielded him in assassination attempt to lead Secret Service
Last month a man attempted to scale White House fence
The shooting comes a month after a man was taken into custody after attempting to scale the White House South Lawn fence.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
The shooting comes after President Donald Trump's new leader of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk, expressed fears over an assassination attempt on his life.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 9 Mar. 2025
The weapons smuggling spike to Haiti began two years ago, U.S. authorities say, coinciding with the escalation of violence carried out by armed groups since the July 7, 2021, assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2025
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John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Secret Service pick: Trump taps agent who shielded him in assassination attempt to lead Secret Service
Last month a man attempted to scale White House fence
The shooting comes a month after a man was taken into custody after attempting to scale the White House South Lawn fence.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
The shooting comes after President Donald Trump's new leader of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk, expressed fears over an assassination attempt on his life.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 9 Mar. 2025
The weapons smuggling spike to Haiti began two years ago, U.S. authorities say, coinciding with the escalation of violence carried out by armed groups since the July 7, 2021, assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assassination
Noun
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The companies that will thrive will be the ones that stop measuring effort and start amplifying execution.—
Kinga Vajda,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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Another clip verified by CNN shows a militant dragging a middle-aged man – identified by local sources as villager Yazan Mostafa – out to his execution, carried by other unidentified fighters.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN,
17 Mar. 2025
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Guttmann was most recently co-producer of Oscar nominee and ten-time German Film Award nominee September 5, about the Munich massacre at the 1972 Olympic Games.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2025
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Related article Haiti gang massacre leaves over 180 dead after Voodoo accusations, say UN and rights groups Forces from the MSS and the Haitian National Police earlier carried out a search and rescue operation to locate the officer, Kenya’s National Police Service said.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2025
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Here, Munir may be vaccinating chickens rather than grabbing them on their way to slaughter, but the work is just as thankless and cruel.—
Bartolomeo Sala,
The Dial,
27 Mar. 2025
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Some conservationists say the slaughter is cruel and unnecessary.—
Prianka Srinivasan Matthew Abbott,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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Any bloodshed is almost always strictly in service of a joke.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Mar. 2025
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The resulting bloodshed brings the pair of goofy gendarmes into bewildered action, as the Zero cavalry trots in on short-legged white horses and Jony, Line, Rudy, and the local One leader, Jane (Anamaria Vartolomei), deploy on their respective sides.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
11 Mar. 2025
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The war at its height displaced around 90% of Gaza’s population and has caused vast destruction across the territory.—
Ibrahim Hazboun,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2025
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Another defendant, Lucy Grace Nelson, was charged in Colorado federal court on Feb. 26 with malicious destruction of property.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
20 Mar. 2025
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By the end of the carnage, the pop star is incarcerated for the murders, but the Levelists, who all managed to escape the compound before police arrived, are spread out across disparate communities, blending in, waiting.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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Nihilistic action comedies such as Novocaine are built on juxtaposing irreverent humor with cathartic carnage, which can sometimes feel off-putting and contrived.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Assassination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assassination. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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