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Recent Examples of hit man
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.
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
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
By appearances, Leasure was not a plausible hit man, and explaining his motives was tricky.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
Once the group are in the air, though, Dockery's character slowly realizes her pilot is a hit man whose objective is to kill Grace's character.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 27 June 2024
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
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
By appearances, Leasure was not a plausible hit man, and explaining his motives was tricky.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
Once the group are in the air, though, Dockery's character slowly realizes her pilot is a hit man whose objective is to kill Grace's character.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 27 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hit man
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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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Trump's turning of his head to face a jumbotron at the Butler County Pennsylvania Farm Grounds only a second before would-be assassin Thomas Crooks fired saved his life.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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Mel Gibson returns to the director’s chair for the first time since 2016’s Hacksaw Ridge for this high-flying action thriller starring Mark Wahlberg as an assassin tasked with eliminating a target (Topher Grace) while in flight with a federal agent (Michelle Dockery).Tim Lammers, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Hit man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hit%20man. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
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