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Recent Examples of hatchet man
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.
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CBS News, 16 Feb. 2025
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
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
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
Meanwhile, there have been mass firings at the FBI, reportedly instigated by Trump hatchet man Kash Patel, who awaits Senate confirmation to head the FBI.
—Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2025
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, 16 Feb. 2025
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
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, 11 Aug. 2023
CBS News, 16 Feb. 2025
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
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
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
Meanwhile, there have been mass firings at the FBI, reportedly instigated by Trump hatchet man Kash Patel, who awaits Senate confirmation to head the FBI.
—Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2025
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, 16 Feb. 2025
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
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, 11 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatchet man
Noun
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Cats were also more likely to attack dogs than vice versa.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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Other Trump appointees have no qualms about being seen as partisan attack dogs.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
3 May 2025
Noun
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But Millie, a quick and determined pit bull mix, was gone.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2025
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Before Borelli learned about Andre, the boxer, pit bull mix had been temporarily taken in by a couple, who unfortunately couldn't keep the five-year-old canine permanently.—
Michelle Boudin,
People.com,
7 May 2025
Noun
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Horn was left partially paralyzed by the tiger attack and, after a brief comeback in 2010, the pair retired from show business.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2025
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The tiger had jumped into the kraal and killed the calves first.—
Cyril E. Holland,
Outdoor Life,
8 May 2025
Noun
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Image Wojnarowski transcended the relative anonymity of most sports scribblers by virtue of his hustle and connections often landing him N.B.A. stories before anyone else.—
Victor Mather,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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Try your hand at drawing a model, whether your a pro or a scribbler.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2024
Noun
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Cooking it in apple cider or apple juice is such a smart hack.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 May 2025
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The Karachi Port Trust quickly discredited the reports, attributing the posts to a hack of its official account.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
Noun
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Now, a new update has been given about Rodgers and his current situation by his biographer.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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Buy Now 13 of 15 ‘Mark Twain’ by Ron Chernow The Pulitzer-Prize winning biographer returns with a compelling account of author Mark Twain, tracing his life from his Southern childhood to his acclaimed literary career.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
17 May 2025
Noun
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Cheung is a coauthor of a chapter in the recent World Happiness Report, which was not a part of the Global Flourishing Study.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
30 Apr. 2025
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Andrew Aydin, former congressional aide to the late Civil Rights icon Rep. John Lewis and coauthor of Lewis’s best-selling graphic memoir series March, also happens to be a proud third generation farmer in western North Carolina.—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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But only hagiographers believe that one man created today’s France.—
Stephen Kotkin,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Apr. 2024
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William’s hagiographer, the monk Thomas of Monmouth, laid out this unsubstantiated account in excruciating detail, leading to the canonization of the dead boy; like mushrooms after rain, accounts of miracles arose around his tomb.—
Talia Lavin,
The New Republic,
29 Sep. 2020
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“Hatchet man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hatchet%20man. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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