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Recent Examples of hit man
By appearances, Leasure was not a plausible hit man, and explaining his motives was tricky.
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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
And these things don’t exist; hit men are created by movies.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 10 June 2024
Reuniting with director Richard Linklater, who first capitalized on the actor’s mustachioed charm in Everybody Wants Some!, Powell plays a Houston professor turned cop who poses as a hit man, going undercover to bust anyone who tries to hire him.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 20 May 2024
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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
And these things don’t exist; hit men are created by movies.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 10 June 2024
Reuniting with director Richard Linklater, who first capitalized on the actor’s mustachioed charm in Everybody Wants Some!, Powell plays a Houston professor turned cop who poses as a hit man, going undercover to bust anyone who tries to hire him.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 20 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hit man
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Most also carry lightweight weapons, such as depth charges and torpedoes, but generally other platforms are used to attack submarines.Reuters, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
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This is a function of the inherent difficulty of defending against incoming ballistic missiles traveling at several times the speed of sound, not to mention dealing with stealthy cruise missiles and underwater torpedoes.Elbridge Colby, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2018
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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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Anderson has been healthy and active for well over a decade, but the band — which now features Seventies guitarist Steve Howe, Drama-era keyboardist Geoff Downes, and hired guns — refuses to take him back.Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2023
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The pic follows a woman who survives a massive killing of her family, who later in life confronts their murderer.Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
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When the episode abruptly jumps to the present, Rip is back at the ranch in Montana, chatting with Lloyd about their hopes to carefully hunt down and punish John’s murderers.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 18 Nov. 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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Nero is a cynical and surly assassin who is betrayed by his master and long-term ally.Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
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Based on the classic 1971 novel of the same name, the series stars Eddie Redmayne as Jackal, an elusive lone assassin who makes a living carrying out hits.Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Hit man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hit%20man. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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