as in shark
one who makes harsh, personal attacks against opponents
his reputation as a political attack dog earned him the vice presidential spot on the ticket
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Recent discoveries of fin stockpiling, coupled with seizures at ports, underscore the incomplete effectiveness of the ban in halting the trafficking of shark or rhino ray fins.Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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Klein will showcase Little Saints to the panel of sharks in an attempt to secure an investment for her business.Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2024
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Social media platforms were a critical battleground during the campaign, with political mudslingers waging cyberwar with few legal constraints after the government failed to act on calls for a new law to protect democracy in the internet age.Washington Post, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2019
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In 2010, when the group launched ahead of Barack Obama’s reelection campaign, Brock had imposed a set of self-regulations on the staff that would cultivate an air of respectability for the mudslingers.Gabriel Debenedetti, Daily Intelligencer, 20 May 2018
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Every four years, ambitious consultants and hired guns sit down with aspiring presidents and sell them a lie.Philip Elliott, Time, 17 Aug. 2023
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Anderson has been healthy and active for well over a decade, but the band — which now features Seventies guitarist Steve Howe, Drama-era keyboardist Geoff Downes, and hired guns — refuses to take him back.Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2023
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Powell, as the dorky professor Gary Johnson turned expert undercover fake hit man, gives a megawatt star turn, effortlessly shifting between his character’s multiple personas, while co-lead Adria Arjona is similarly compelling as an abused wife who is more dangerous than meets the eye.Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 16 July 2024
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By appearances, Leasure was not a plausible hit man, and explaining his motives was tricky.Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
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Vladimir Zhirinovsky, another of President Vladimir Putin’s hatchet men, advised Americans to vote for Donald Trump or risk being dragged into a nuclear war.Mitchell A. Orenstein, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2016
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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, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2023
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