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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.
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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
Powell plays Gary Johnson, a college professor moonlighting as a fake hit man to help cops catch people who are trying to hire a contract killer.
—Esther Zuckerman, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2024
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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
Powell plays Gary Johnson, a college professor moonlighting as a fake hit man to help cops catch people who are trying to hire a contract killer.
—Esther Zuckerman, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hit man
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There is some fighting, though nearly all of it involves punching instead of phasers or photon torpedoes.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
28 Jan. 2025
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Beyond being the oldest living survivor of the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Upton was also the last living survivor of the USS Utah — a naval ship that sank after being hit by two torpedoes during the early minutes of the Hawaii attack, per the nonprofit.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
28 Dec. 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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Right Now The first reveal comes when Ally and Jay decide to fight Heart Eyes rather than flee when the masked murderer is killing people left and right at a drive-in movie theater.—
James Grebey,
TIME,
7 Feb. 2025
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Although the murderer was caught and confessed, the town’s economy still suffers.—
Sandra Dallas,
The Denver Post,
2 Feb. 2025
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Back home, more pink slips for federal employees go out and the scrutiny of Elon Musk's role as the hatchet man for those agencies intensifies.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2025
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Musician and producer Grimes made a rare comment involving her ex-partner and father to her three kids, Elon Musk, after their 4-year-old son appeared alongside the tech mogul turned government hatchet man at the White House on Wednesday.—
Kevin Dolak,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Feb. 2025
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The pint-sized assassin pulls a gun out of her fuzzy heart throw pillow and gets to work.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
18 Feb. 2025
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Assassin's Creed Shadows continues the everlasting war between noble assassins and shifty templars.—
Jordan Minor,
PCMAG,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Hit man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hit%20man. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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