assassination

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Recent Examples of assassination He's also spread theories about the FBI's role in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections and questioned the agency's integrity amid investigations into the assassination attempts targeting Trump. Avery Lotz, Axios, 24 Feb. 2025 The hazy track, produced by DZL and Omen, sees Cole rapping about the danger of AI and the assassination attempt on Donald Trump last year in Philadelphia. Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2025 Trump’s heroism, his supporters believe, was illustrated after a bullet grazed his ear during an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania in July 2024. Alex Hinton, The Conversation, 21 Feb. 2025 The dreamy tune, produced by DZL and Omen, finds Cole referencing the Donald Trump assassination attempt at a Phildelphia rally in June. Michael Saponara, Billboard, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for assassination
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Noun
  • Their intent was to promote a scholarship for female chefs, but the execution backfired.
    Angelique Kuiper, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Differentiate Between Execution Trust And Relationship Trust There are two kinds of trust: execution and relationship.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • A week after the massacre, two hundred soldiers and six hundred and fifty Chinese miners arrived in Rock Springs.
    Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Additionally, a camera operator on the doc appears to have shown support on social media for the Oct. 7 massacre in 2023, when Hamas killed around 1,200 people.
    Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The site of the slaughter in the novel is called Camp Patience.
    Fintan O’Toole, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, there has been no single effort put forth by the many moral and philanthropic forces of the country to put a stop to this wholesale slaughter.
    Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • On his last full day as president, Joe Biden celebrated as a temporary truce between Israel and Hamas officially took effect, raising hopes that months of bloodshed in the Gaza Strip were finally coming to an end.
    Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Getting there, though, requires a bit of bloodshed.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • For many historians and museums, documenting the destruction is a significant part of the restoration process.
    Leah Asmelash, CNN, 8 Mar. 2025
  • But when a new threat presents itself, the group reunites to figure out their mission and prevent Earth’s destruction.
    Jacqueline Weiss, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • When Mohammed Shami spilled a caught and bowled attempt off his leading edge with the first legitimate ball of the match, Indian fears of a century of carnage multiplied.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Meanwhile wanted to find out whether an emergency operation like the one mounted by the Obama administration that successfully put down a 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa would be possible after Musk’s carnage.
    Stephen Collinson, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025

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