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Recent Examples of assassination
Trump has talked in the past about still experiencing a sensation in his ear after he was shot in an assassination attempt last July in Butler, Pennsylvania.
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Zac Anderson, USA Today, 28 June 2025
After Johnson was sworn in as president on Nov. 22, 1963, following the assassination of Kennedy, Moyers ascended as well.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
The 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse further deepened the country's turmoil, creating a power vacuum that remains unresolved.
—Billal Rahman
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
Of course, the United States is no stranger to political violence — at the top level, four of 47 US presidencies have been ended by assassination.
—Rachel Clarke, CNN Money, 24 June 2025
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Zac Anderson, USA Today, 28 June 2025
After Johnson was sworn in as president on Nov. 22, 1963, following the assassination of Kennedy, Moyers ascended as well.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
The 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse further deepened the country's turmoil, creating a power vacuum that remains unresolved.
—Billal Rahman
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
Of course, the United States is no stranger to political violence — at the top level, four of 47 US presidencies have been ended by assassination.
—Rachel Clarke, CNN Money, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assassination
Noun
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The mission remains: deploy top talent, drive impact and fuel relentless execution to deliver results.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Espionage Arrests In the past few weeks, Iran has detained over 700 people accused of spying for Israel and the U.S., with state media reporting at least six executions, including three Kurds accused of aiding Mossad, Israel's foreign intelligence agency.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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The massacre of the people of Gaza continues unabated.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2025
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As early as the 1970s, Jordan’s crushing of Palestinian guerrillas prompted the emergence of the Black September organization and the Munich Olympic massacre of Israeli athletes.—
HUSSEIN AGHA,
Foreign Affairs,
23 June 2025
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They were all robbed, of very little money, and in three instances, their homes were set ablaze to hide evidence of the slaughter that had taken place inside, authorities said.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
20 June 2025
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Sequences of compliant sheep, moving to their mechanized slaughter, sometimes cut to scenes of streetwise children, repurposing rubble for games.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
14 June 2025
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Israel and its rivals have not resolved their political disputes, which in some cases have been further inflamed by the bloodshed.—
Greg Myre,
NPR,
28 June 2025
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Federal prosecutors said Monday that the man charged with shooting two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses, killing one couple, went to two other legislators’ homes that night, bent on more bloodshed.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
16 June 2025
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July 6, 2025: A large scale of destruction in Georgetown, downed trees show the aftermath of raging floodwaters in the South San Gabriel River.—
Hannah Parry
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
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The savage cries of its defenders now silent and still as its ruin was overseen by the architects of its very destruction.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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In the end, yield-chasing retail investors absorbed much of the carnage.—
Roomy Khan,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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But close to daybreak, a German warplane bombed the chateau, leaving a crater in the earth and a trail of carnage.—
Amy Sohn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 June 2025
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“Assassination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assassination. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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