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as in torpedo
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as in hired gun
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Recent Examples of hit man
For that, the celestial god descends to the indie planet, bossing around hit men in In Bruges, concierging for fellow nominee Adrien Brody in The Grand Budapest Hotel or going rogue in Iraq in The Hurt Locker.
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Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
Her ride is a jalopy of a propeller plane piloted by Daryl (Wahlberg), who turns out to be a Mob hit man.
—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
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Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
Her ride is a jalopy of a propeller plane piloted by Daryl (Wahlberg), who turns out to be a Mob hit man.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hit man
Noun
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The best story of the first week of the season wasn’t torpedo bats.—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
5 Apr. 2025
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While the overall hitting surface is not increased with the torpedo bat, the barrel of the bat is moved to a different location.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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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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Now, while media and fans are all crunching the numbers and trying to predict who will die and who their murderer is in Season 3, several people involved with the series are effectively telling audiences to brace themselves for something big in the finale, which will run 90 minutes.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Look at this week’s murderer, Freya Frostad (Mary-Louise Parker) — she’s built an entire career and life on the belief that one only needs 44 things in this life.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
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The White House and its hatchet men attacking culture are coming for the artists, curators, museum directors, docents, writers, and editors who value freedom and liberation and Black history and women’s history and ideas and progress.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Musk’s extracurricular gig as President Donald Trump’s hatchet man has turned the Tesla brand — once a favorite among upwardly mobile lefties — into a symbol of America’s right wing.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN,
25 Mar. 2025
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And early intensity gave way to a late-game assassin.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
1 Apr. 2025
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Bruce Glover, the unorthodox actor who portrayed Mr. Wint, the assassin with the distinctive aftershave who partnered with Putter Smith’s Mr. Kidd in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever, has died.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Mar. 2025
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“Hit man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hit%20man. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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