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Nov. 11, 2024
More than 30 people, including family, friends and Sony Music representatives, packed into the courtroom, which Assistant U.S. Atty.
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Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
The casa rifugio was set up to keep women safe from violent spouses, not to protect them from hit men.
—D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
Malaria, dengue fever, dysentery, and in a few cases typhus, hit man after man.
—Salama Udaipurwala, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
In Ben Wheatley's brilliant and blistering work, a British soldier returns home and embarks on a career as a hit man, finding strange little details while on his various jobs.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
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Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
The casa rifugio was set up to keep women safe from violent spouses, not to protect them from hit men.
—D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
Malaria, dengue fever, dysentery, and in a few cases typhus, hit man after man.
—Salama Udaipurwala, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
In Ben Wheatley's brilliant and blistering work, a British soldier returns home and embarks on a career as a hit man, finding strange little details while on his various jobs.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
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Ships, once proud and sturdy, were ripped apart by torpedoes and bombs, sending massive plumes of fire and debris into the air.Alaa Elassar, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
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Among the tactical nuclear weapons stockpile are gravity bombs, anti-aircraft missiles, anti-ballistic missile systems, torpedoes, and nuclear mines, as well as nuclear warheads that can be fired by Russian systems equipped for conventional and nuclear payloads.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Today there are two main types of lobbyists in Springfield: those who work exclusively for a single corporation or interest group — the state’s manufacturers or retailers, for instance — and those who contract with a variety of clients, essentially hired guns for anyone willing to pay.Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 17 Nov. 2024
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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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Harry is a detective with the Miami-Dade Police Department and a forensics expert who trains Dexter to focus his homicidal impulses on killing murderers without getting caught.Ashley Hume, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Read more The killer was masked before, during and after the killing and facial recognition software failed to identify the murderer because there was only a partial view of his face.Sean O'Driscoll, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 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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While Reeves will reprise his role as the iconic assassin in the upcoming movie, fans are eager for a potential John Wick 5 thanks to the ambiguous ending of John Wick 4.Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2024
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Fans of high-octane thrills can kick off the year with Colombiana, starring Zoe Saldaña as a fierce assassin on a mission of vengeance, or the Rush Hour trilogy, where Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan bring laughter and action to the buddy-cop genre.Okla Jones, Essence, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Hit man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hit%20man. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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