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Recent Examples of hit man
Few hit men would likely stop to pick up breakfast and be caught on camera.
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Peter Suciu, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Especially when your father was a legendary sicario (hit man).
—Gregory Ellwood, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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Nov. 11, 2024
More than 30 people, including family, friends and Sony Music representatives, packed into the courtroom, which Assistant U.S. Atty.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
The casa rifugio was set up to keep women safe from violent spouses, not to protect them from hit men.
—D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
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Peter Suciu, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Especially when your father was a legendary sicario (hit man).
—Gregory Ellwood, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
Advertisement California For Subscribers Spirit Air, cramped hotels, In-N-Out: Police say Chicago hit men killed in L.A. on a budget
Nov. 11, 2024
More than 30 people, including family, friends and Sony Music representatives, packed into the courtroom, which Assistant U.S. Atty.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
The casa rifugio was set up to keep women safe from violent spouses, not to protect them from hit men.
—D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hit man
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The tale begins in the dead of night on July 30, 1945, when the USS Indianapolis was struck by two Japanese torpedoes in the vast, unforgiving expanse of the Pacific Ocean.Scott Travers, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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Upton was a Navy radioman aboard the USS Utah when torpedoes hit the battleship and quickly capsized it, the nonprofit Pacific Historic Parks said in a social media post.Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024
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Today there are two main types of lobbyists in Springfield: those who work exclusively for a single corporation or interest group — the state’s manufacturers or retailers, for instance — and those who contract with a variety of clients, essentially hired guns for anyone willing to pay.Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 17 Nov. 2024
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Every four years, ambitious consultants and hired guns sit down with aspiring presidents and sell them a lie.Philip Elliott, Time, 17 Aug. 2023
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And yet the late king’s murderer remains at large and vengeance on all Thebans looms unless the killer is brought to justice.Olivia Marks, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2025
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Although an arrest is impossible, after months of evidence gathering, police hope that the confirmation of the late murderer will bring Miller's family some closure.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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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.Mitchell A. Orenstein, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2016
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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, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2023
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Having said that, Shinobi already means assassin so the name is a bit redundant.Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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The actor and martial arts master plays Caine, a blind assassin who uses advanced hearing to beat-up bad guys in creative and brutal ways, as well as - what else? - a cane.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Hit man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hit%20man. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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