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Namely, that Smith and not Anderson was the actual triggerman that night in retaliation for the beatdown at the MGM.
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John L. Smith, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2024
Jones set a status check-in for Nov. 7, when a trial date is expected to be made.
Davis, former leader of the South Side Crips in Compton, Calif., allegedly passed the murder weapon, a .40-caliber handgun, to his nephew and suspected triggerman Orlando Anderson.
—John Smith, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2023
He was arrested after triggerman Henry Arthur Tenon, 62, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, court records show.
—CBS News, 21 Aug. 2023
James Howard Jackson, 20, was the triggerman in the shooting of Ryan Fischer on Feb. 25, 2021, as Fischer was walking Lady Gaga’s three French bulldogs on Sierra Bonita Avenue in Hollywood.
—Noah Goldbergstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2022
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John L. Smith, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2024
Jones set a status check-in for Nov. 7, when a trial date is expected to be made.
Davis, former leader of the South Side Crips in Compton, Calif., allegedly passed the murder weapon, a .40-caliber handgun, to his nephew and suspected triggerman Orlando Anderson.
—John Smith, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2023
He was arrested after triggerman Henry Arthur Tenon, 62, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, court records show.
—CBS News, 21 Aug. 2023
James Howard Jackson, 20, was the triggerman in the shooting of Ryan Fischer on Feb. 25, 2021, as Fischer was walking Lady Gaga’s three French bulldogs on Sierra Bonita Avenue in Hollywood.
—Noah Goldbergstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for triggerman
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Avoiding trial also uses fewer government resources and spares the victims' families from having to re-live the horror in court – or seeing the murderers continue to smirk and joke around.Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
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Israel will try to save the life of Kfir Bibas— the red-haired baby who has spent most of his life in captivity—in exchange for unrepentant murderers.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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Having said that, Shinobi already means assassin so the name is a bit redundant.Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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The actor and martial arts master plays Caine, a blind assassin who uses advanced hearing to beat-up bad guys in creative and brutal ways, as well as - what else? - a cane.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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The tale begins in the dead of night on July 30, 1945, when the USS Indianapolis was struck by two Japanese torpedoes in the vast, unforgiving expanse of the Pacific Ocean.Scott Travers, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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Upton was a Navy radioman aboard the USS Utah when torpedoes hit the battleship and quickly capsized it, the nonprofit Pacific Historic Parks said in a social media post.Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024
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The date was January 11, 1972, and Darren McGavin debuted as Carl Kolchak, an investigative reporter who, in this instance, suspected that a serial killer in the Las Vegas area was actually a vampire.Marc Berman, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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“Triggerman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triggerman. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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