assassination
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Forced into hiding under police protection—the British security services identified at least six assassination plots against him—Mr. Rushdie decided years later to live a normal life, and so he did.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
In the aftermath of Kirk's assassination, most people kept their feelings to themselves, or shared them with close friends.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Sheinbaum has since faced questions about why her administration allowed the pilot out of the country while they claimed to be investigating the events surrounding Zambada’s capture, including the assassination of a prominent Sinaloan politician.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The operation was reportedly prompted by an Iranian assassination threat.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
He knew he was still traveling ahead of the news of the assassination, which Mudd was not yet aware of.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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
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
"It makes sense that Vahidi and Mojtaba Khamenei have not been seen because Tehran is still worried about Israeli assassinations."
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
In 1969 it became clear to us that he was living in 1968, because he kept shaking his head over the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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