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assassinations

  • plural
    of assassination.
    assassination
    noun
    the premeditated act of killing someone suddenly or secretively, especially a prominent person.

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Vietnam, inner-city riots, and the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. had cast a pall over the Day-Glo optimism of the Love Generation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Unlike so many retellings of famous assassinations, attempted or otherwise, Harron’s movie gets to the heart of its subject’s discontent without dwelling on dramatizations of Solanas’ fragile psyche.

From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2026

"Well, you know, I've studied assassinations," Trump said.

From Barron's ● Apr. 26, 2026

It’s true that some presidents, like Theodore Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and Gerald Ford, didn’t enjoy clear electoral boons after failed assassinations.

From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2026

Stanton believed that the Lincoln and Seward assassinations had exposed a Confederate plot to kill the leaders of the national government in an attempt to reverse the results of the Civil War.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson