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Powell, as the dorky professor Gary Johnson turned expert undercover fake hit man, gives a megawatt star turn, effortlessly shifting between his character’s multiple personas, while co-lead Adria Arjona is similarly compelling as an abused wife who is more dangerous than meets the eye.
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Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 16 July 2024
By appearances, Leasure was not a plausible hit man, and explaining his motives was tricky.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
Once the group are in the air, though, Dockery's character slowly realizes her pilot is a hit man whose objective is to kill Grace's character.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 27 June 2024
And these things don’t exist; hit men are created by movies.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 10 June 2024
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Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 16 July 2024
By appearances, Leasure was not a plausible hit man, and explaining his motives was tricky.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
Once the group are in the air, though, Dockery's character slowly realizes her pilot is a hit man whose objective is to kill Grace's character.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 27 June 2024
And these things don’t exist; hit men are created by movies.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 10 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hit man
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Six more torpedoes struck the ship, ripping its port side open.Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2024
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Collectors can also bid on pocket watches recovered from the Lusitania, the British ocean liner that sank after being hit by a German torpedo in 1915.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 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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Harry is a detective with the Miami-Dade Police Department and a forensics expert who trains Dexter to focus his homicidal impulses on killing murderers without getting caught.Ashley Hume, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Read more The killer was masked before, during and after the killing and facial recognition software failed to identify the murderer because there was only a partial view of his face.Sean O'Driscoll, Newsweek, 12 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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Many others have expressed condemnation and voiced disgust with those showing support for the alleged assassin.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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There was little chance The Day of the Jackal, Peacock and Sky’s remake of Fred Zinnemann’s classic 1973 thriller, was going to do its titular assassin dirty in the end, especially since it was already announced the hit series (now a Golden Globe nominee!) would be getting a second season.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Hit man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hit%20man. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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