assassins
- plural of assassin.
Example Sentences
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After Reagan narrowly survived an assassin’s bullet outside the same Washington Hilton where the correspondents dinner took place, the bump in his approval ratings lingered for months.
From Slate • Apr. 26, 2026
“A diary is an assassin’s cloak which we wear when we stab a comrade in the back with a pen,” wrote William Soutar, a Scottish poet and diarist, in 1934.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
India's top court has also weighed in, with one judge describing it as "legal terrorism" that was "intended to be used as a shield and not as an assassin's weapon".
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2024
In 2024, even his lengthy, self-pitying story about nearly being killed by an assassin's bullet was an incomprehensible snooze.
From Salon • Jul. 24, 2024
In his opening statement to the jury, Scoville attributed the assassin’s actions to a disturbed mind.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
