Examples of hit man in a Sentence
She hired a hit man to kill her ex-husband.
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Her ride is a jalopy of a propeller plane piloted by Daryl (Wahlberg), who turns out to be a Mob hit man.
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Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
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
A security guard found her and the other person in the truck roughly 48 hours later, on Oct. 15, police said.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Merchant is accused of trying to hire a hit man as part of a multiphase plot culminating in August or September.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2025
The boldness of the plot was a dark reflection of India’s rising economic weight in the West, despite the farcical denouement: An American informant had unwittingly been hired as a hit man.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
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Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
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
A security guard found her and the other person in the truck roughly 48 hours later, on Oct. 15, police said.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Merchant is accused of trying to hire a hit man as part of a multiphase plot culminating in August or September.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2025
The boldness of the plot was a dark reflection of India’s rising economic weight in the West, despite the farcical denouement: An American informant had unwittingly been hired as a hit man.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Hit man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hit%20man. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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