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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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One good example is former President Richard Nixon, who was a fierce attack dog as Dwight D. Eisenhower’s vice president in the 1950s, leaving Eisenhower as the commander in chief who transcended politics.—
Haisten Willis,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Aug. 2025
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The American Kennel Club says that the breed is often thought of as attack dogs because of their reputation.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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The dog was taken to a medical center for assistance Police have not announced a suspect in the case Authorities in California have launched an investigation after footage emerged showing a man viciously stabbing a pit bull that was reportedly trying to protect its owner.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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In response, the officer opened fire, shooting and killing one of the dogs, which was a pit bull, according to the LA Times.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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There’s also a tiger, a very important tiger, that needs to be saved.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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Having tempered his tiger blood ways, Sheen opens up for the documentary, which also speaks to family, friends and cast members including Denise Richards, Heidi Fleiss, Jon Cryer, Sean Penn, Ramon Estevez, Brooke Mueller, Chris Tucker and even Sheen’s drug dealer Marco.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
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All remaining scribblers should lay down their squibs and come out, squinting, arms aloft in surrender.—
Jayson Greene,
Time,
17 June 2025
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Considering that other characters can see him, young Marcel is presumably more than just a projection of the scribbler’s subconscious.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
8 June 2025
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Press-on nails have been a tried and true fashion hack, best used by folks who like to switch up their manicure more often than gel or acrylics allow or for those that love the ability to skip the salon and DIY a mani at home.—
Sophie Liza Cannon,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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President Donald Trump reacted to a question on Wednesday regarding evidence that Russia is at least in part responsible for a recent hack of the computer system that manages U.S. federal court documents.—
Jenna Sundel
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Royal biographer and commentator Phil Dampier told the Sun that Markle was more interested in fame and fortune.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
12 Aug. 2025
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In 2017, Baldwin’s papers were acquired by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, giving biographers access to an extensive archive.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2025
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The hotter mantle substance creates a warm region known as a thermal anomaly, said study coauthor Sascha Brune, professor at the GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam, Germany.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
8 Aug. 2025
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About half of people with this advanced form of skin cancer run out of viable treatment options, says Gino In, MD, MPH, a coauthor of the study and an associate professor and oncologist with Keck Medicine of USC in Los Angeles.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
18 July 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 22 Aug. 2025.
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