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as in attack dog
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as in wordmonger
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Recent Examples of hatchet man
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, another of President Vladimir Putin’s hatchet men, advised Americans to vote for Donald Trump or risk being dragged into a nuclear war.
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Mitchell A. Orenstein, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2016
In the twenty-tens, the brothers took up solo careers; Malice converted to Christianity (becoming No Malice), as Pusha T became a hatchet man for Kanye West.
—The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2023
The Mondale inner circle wanted Ferraro to play the traditional running-mate role of hatchet man.
—Maureen Dowd New York Times, Star Tribune, 10 Aug. 2020
In a role reversal from their eight years together in the White House, Barack Obama has become Joe Biden’s wingman and, in his understated way, his hatchet man.
—W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2020
To secure the 1800 presidential election, Thomas Jefferson infamously hired a hatchet man named James Callender to spread false rumors about John Adams wanting a war with France.
—A. G. Hamilton, National Review, 25 Oct. 2019
Avigdor Liberman was a penniless former bar bouncer from Moldova, happy to be the hatchet man.
—New York Times, 16 Sep. 2019
Even so, in his four years as the nation’s top tax official, Mr. Moyane earned a national reputation as Mr. Zuma’s hatchet man, still guided by his loyalties to A.N.C. leaders who believe in the supremacy of the party over the country.
—New York Times, 10 June 2018
Mitchell A. Orenstein, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2016
In the twenty-tens, the brothers took up solo careers; Malice converted to Christianity (becoming No Malice), as Pusha T became a hatchet man for Kanye West.
—The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2023
The Mondale inner circle wanted Ferraro to play the traditional running-mate role of hatchet man.
—Maureen Dowd New York Times, Star Tribune, 10 Aug. 2020
In a role reversal from their eight years together in the White House, Barack Obama has become Joe Biden’s wingman and, in his understated way, his hatchet man.
—W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2020
To secure the 1800 presidential election, Thomas Jefferson infamously hired a hatchet man named James Callender to spread false rumors about John Adams wanting a war with France.
—A. G. Hamilton, National Review, 25 Oct. 2019
Avigdor Liberman was a penniless former bar bouncer from Moldova, happy to be the hatchet man.
—New York Times, 16 Sep. 2019
Even so, in his four years as the nation’s top tax official, Mr. Moyane earned a national reputation as Mr. Zuma’s hatchet man, still guided by his loyalties to A.N.C. leaders who believe in the supremacy of the party over the country.
—New York Times, 10 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatchet man
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The former congressman has often been an attack dog for Trump in going after critics.—
Zac Anderson,
USA TODAY,
17 Nov. 2024
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Cats were more likely to attack dogs than vice versa.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
26 Nov. 2024
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Rakeem Young, 34, was attacked while walking his 4-year-old pit bull Chanel near Southern Blvd.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
29 Jan. 2025
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On April 20, 1990, in the 2200 block of North Drake Avenue on the Northwest Side, Cruz, a Clemente High School student, was shot to death and also attacked by a pit bull, according to court records and Tribune archives.—
Madeline Buckley,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2025
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Daniel Petroni Photography The home’s massive bar is wrapped in tiger skin onyx that glows after dark.—
Ray Parisi,
CNBC,
7 Feb. 2025
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Other pieces portrayed wild boar, tigers and saiga antelope — which inhabited the region at the time.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Try your hand at drawing a model, whether your a pro or a scribbler.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2024
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We should be concerned not just for our personal pocketbooks but for the state of our art—and the current moment calls for dreamers, strummers, and scribblers to be unusually thoughtful, tactical, and shrewd.—
Sean Michaels,
The New Yorker,
21 June 2023
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Our resident esthetician Samantha Mims shares three hacks for combatting winter dryness.—
Samantha Mims,
Essence,
3 Feb. 2025
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Soaking seeds in water hacks that protection system and makes seeds sprout faster.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Feb. 2025
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With the world's richest man now joining President Trump at the White House, Elon Musk's biographer explains what drives the tech titan.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Jan. 2025
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Why Biden abandoned human rights as a tenet of U.S. foreign policy will be a question for historians and biographers.—
Sarah Yager,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Jan. 2025
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One of the coauthors of the textbook, Sergey Vangorodsky, has said the book is not used as a teaching tool in Russian schools.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Dec. 2024
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However, omega-3 mediators only come into play when the body is fighting inflammation and are therefore often difficult to detect during the initiation of inflammation, said study coauthor Dr. Ganesh Halade, an associate professor of internal medicine at the University of South Florida.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN,
11 Dec. 2024
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But only hagiographers believe that one man created today’s France.—
Stephen Kotkin,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Apr. 2024
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William’s hagiographer, the monk Thomas of Monmouth, laid out this unsubstantiated account in excruciating detail, leading to the canonization of the dead boy; like mushrooms after rain, accounts of miracles arose around his tomb.—
Talia Lavin,
The New Republic,
29 Sep. 2020
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“Hatchet man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hatchet%20man. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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