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Recent Examples of assassination
Hamill’s posts came weeks after the president faced his third assassination attempt.
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Sydney Topf, The Washington Examiner, 7 May 2026
In 1985, the assassination of Palestinian American leader Alex Odeh remains unsolved.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 6 May 2026
The pundit, a leading anti-Israel figure on the right, has pushed theories that Israel was behind the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and has also promoted broader negative commentary about Judaism and Jewish figures.
—Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 4 May 2026
After the assassination of Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov in Moscow on December 22, 2025, presumably by Ukrainian agents, Putin summoned key security personnel three days later.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
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Sydney Topf, The Washington Examiner, 7 May 2026
In 1985, the assassination of Palestinian American leader Alex Odeh remains unsolved.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 6 May 2026
The pundit, a leading anti-Israel figure on the right, has pushed theories that Israel was behind the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and has also promoted broader negative commentary about Judaism and Jewish figures.
—Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 4 May 2026
After the assassination of Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov in Moscow on December 22, 2025, presumably by Ukrainian agents, Putin summoned key security personnel three days later.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assassination
Noun
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The same-day executions by lethal injection came about an hour and a half apart on Thursday, April 30.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
1 May 2026
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Iranian American actor Anthony Azizi says the continuing Middle East conflict has sparked rising persecution of Iran’s Baha’i minority, including its members being jailed and tortured under the threat of execution.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
1 May 2026
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In Australia, a wide-ranging inquiry commission examining antisemitism after a massacre at a Hanukkah celebration heard this week from Jews who said escalating hatred has left them fearful and vulnerable.—
David Crary,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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The massacre was inspired by Islamic State group, Australian police said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 May 2026
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But Serkis prefers his Trojan horse without the slaughter.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Peace journalism is a form of news reporting by which reporters frame their stories in ways that facilitate nonviolent responses to conflict, for example, by avoiding inflammatory words such as massacre, slaughter, or brutal.—
Karen McIntyre,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
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The feed from @CForce3000 carried images of the bloodshed.—
Connor Sheets,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2026
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There’s no way this will end in bloodshed, tears, and rage, right?—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
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But Church, undeterred, was drawn to the idea that those processes offered lessons in destruction and renewal which could be applied to a nation teetering on civil war.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The bottom line is that the pressure on the great American people, because of these people who are, like, really intent on American and Israeli destruction with their nuclear weapons are still in power.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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After a bomb levels an apartment complex where Paul lives with his fam, Paul’s daughter Poe (Billie Boullet), an eyewitness to that carnage, becomes the target of vicious drug cartels who want her outta the picture.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
7 May 2026
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Judges praised the thoroughness and compassion of the newspaper’s reporting on a scene of carnage in its hometown.—
Jennifer Peltz,
Twin Cities,
4 May 2026
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“Assassination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assassination. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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