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Recent Examples of hatchet man
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.
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Mitchell A. Orenstein, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2016
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
The Mondale inner circle wanted Ferraro to play the traditional running-mate role of hatchet man.
—Maureen Dowd New York Times, Star Tribune, 10 Aug. 2020
In a role reversal from their eight years together in the White House, Barack Obama has become Joe Biden’s wingman and, in his understated way, his hatchet man.
—W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2020
To secure the 1800 presidential election, Thomas Jefferson infamously hired a hatchet man named James Callender to spread false rumors about John Adams wanting a war with France.
—A. G. Hamilton, National Review, 25 Oct. 2019
Avigdor Liberman was a penniless former bar bouncer from Moldova, happy to be the hatchet man.
—New York Times, 16 Sep. 2019
Even so, in his four years as the nation’s top tax official, Mr. Moyane earned a national reputation as Mr. Zuma’s hatchet man, still guided by his loyalties to A.N.C. leaders who believe in the supremacy of the party over the country.
—New York Times, 10 June 2018
Mitchell A. Orenstein, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2016
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
The Mondale inner circle wanted Ferraro to play the traditional running-mate role of hatchet man.
—Maureen Dowd New York Times, Star Tribune, 10 Aug. 2020
In a role reversal from their eight years together in the White House, Barack Obama has become Joe Biden’s wingman and, in his understated way, his hatchet man.
—W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2020
To secure the 1800 presidential election, Thomas Jefferson infamously hired a hatchet man named James Callender to spread false rumors about John Adams wanting a war with France.
—A. G. Hamilton, National Review, 25 Oct. 2019
Avigdor Liberman was a penniless former bar bouncer from Moldova, happy to be the hatchet man.
—New York Times, 16 Sep. 2019
Even so, in his four years as the nation’s top tax official, Mr. Moyane earned a national reputation as Mr. Zuma’s hatchet man, still guided by his loyalties to A.N.C. leaders who believe in the supremacy of the party over the country.
—New York Times, 10 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatchet man
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At the same time, Republicans recognized Vance's willingness to serve as Trump's attack dog against Harris and go toe-to-toe with adversaries.Sam Woodward, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
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Vance stepped out of his role as former President Trump's campaign trail attack dog.Erin Doherty, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024
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The second horrific injury of the week belongs to Carl Gates, a patient at the hospital who swears his pit bull mauled him but whose gruesome claw marks recall Griffin Dunne in An American Werewolf in London.Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2024
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Zupan, 25, first spotted the striking pit bull and American bulldog mix with different-colored eyes—one brown, one blue—on the Facebook page of a fellow Cincinnati Animal CARE volunteer in November 2022.Kelli Bender, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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Those who were born in the year of the tiger within the Chinese Zodiac are said to be brave, competitive and confident as well as independent.Tim Ellis, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The intrigue: While he won't be featured on the livestream, a new tiger cub is out to play at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.Kate Murphy, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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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
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We should be concerned not just for our personal pocketbooks but for the state of our art—and the current moment calls for dreamers, strummers, and scribblers to be unusually thoughtful, tactical, and shrewd.Sean Michaels, The New Yorker, 21 June 2023
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What election narratives are foreign actors pushing? Expect false tales of voters tampering with mail-in ballots, non-citizens casting ballots and hacks of election infrastructure in social media posts.Sam Sabin, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Grimms’ version hacks away at the French tale in other ways.Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Yet, in trying to save her from being an appurtenance of Voltaire’s, her biographer disembodies her a little.Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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Gwenda Blair, a longtime Trump biographer, noted the Garden is associated with rock stars, celebrities and fighters – playing into the larger-than-life image Trump cultivates.David Jackson, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2024
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The images with the strongest connection related to the transport of jars and cloth, said study coauthor Kathryn Kelley, a research fellow in the department of classical philology and Italian studies at the University of Bologna.Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Ethan Bernstein is the Edward W. Conard Associate Professor of Business Administration in the organizational behavior unit at Harvard Business School and a coauthor of Job Moves: 9 Steps for Making Progress in Your Career (HarperCollins, 2024).Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 23 Oct. 2024
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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 23 Nov. 2024.
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