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Recent Examples of assassination
In 2003, the chief minister the state home to Hyderabad, one of the cities driving the new IT boom – narrowly escaped assassination.
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Dhruv Tikekar, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
In a 94-page ruling, Cooper wrote that the Kennedy Center's board of trustees violated the original law that named the cultural institution for Kennedy in 1964, shortly after Kennedy's assassination in November 1963.
—Brooke Migdon, PEOPLE, 30 May 2026
Hezbollah’s leadership had been decimated by an Israeli assassination campaign, and much of its stockpile of weapons was destroyed during the war.
—Euan Ward, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
Bottoms also thinks Trump won the 2020 presidential race and was the target of an FBI assassination plot, again without substantiation.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 28 May 2026
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Dhruv Tikekar, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
In a 94-page ruling, Cooper wrote that the Kennedy Center's board of trustees violated the original law that named the cultural institution for Kennedy in 1964, shortly after Kennedy's assassination in November 1963.
—Brooke Migdon, PEOPLE, 30 May 2026
Hezbollah’s leadership had been decimated by an Israeli assassination campaign, and much of its stockpile of weapons was destroyed during the war.
—Euan Ward, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
Bottoms also thinks Trump won the 2020 presidential race and was the target of an FBI assassination plot, again without substantiation.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 28 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assassination
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Three men were arrested Thursday for the execution-style killing of a father of four more than nine months after he was gunned down outside a Bronx smoke shop, cops said.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
29 May 2026
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While some automotive enthusiasts still cringe at the mention of a continuously variable transmission, Subaru’s execution here is among the better examples in the industry.—
Tim Jackson,
Denver Post,
29 May 2026
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Honduran soldiers and police officers guard the site of a massacre in Trujillo, Honduras on May 21, 2026.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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Survivors and victims’ families were allowed to go inside the nightclub one final time on the week of the massacre’s ninth anniversary last year.—
Silas Morgan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 June 2026
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My mustang was rescued a night before slaughter through Skydog Sanctuary.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
26 May 2026
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But this would require a more discriminating choice of clients, to avoid aiding wars like Saudi Arabia’s brutal campaign in Yemen or Israel’s mass slaughter in Gaza.—
William Hartung,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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And if the trailer is any indication, there will be a lot of bloodshed in Season 3.—
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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In 2023, a video released by Salah calling for an end to the bloodshed in Gaza received 200million views but according to some figures in the Islamic world, Salah did not speak quickly enough or use language that was decisive.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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She was arrested at a hotel near the barn and booked at the Clark County Juvenile Hall on 12 counts of animal cruelty, including intentionally aiming or torturing a horse, as well as three counts of malicious destruction of property.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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The teen, who was at a nearby hotel, was taken into custody and booked for 12 counts of willful/malicious kill/maim/torture animal -- horse and three counts of felony malicious destruction of private property over $5,000, police said.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
1 June 2026
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The Browns needed to get younger and cheaper across the board to give themselves a chance to compete until the books are cleared of the Watson carnage.—
Jeff Howe,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
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On its walls are commemorated more than 72,000 British soldiers still missing from the war cemeteries that dot the landscape of the Somme valley, 72,000 people whose bodies were never identified from the carnage.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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“Assassination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assassination. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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