assassination
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It is tough for Harfuch to connect with ordinary Mexicans, given security concerns in the wake of the assassination attempt.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
But the channel proved its worth by providing speedy and continuous updates of stories like the assassination attempt on US President Ronald Reagan in 1981, and the Challenger space shuttle disaster in 1986.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
It also included images from the 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, at the same venue as last month’s press dinner: the Washington Hilton.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
“The government’s evidence of the charged offense — the attempted assassination of the president — is thus built entirely upon speculation, even under the most generous reading of its theory,” Allen’s attorneys wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
The same face I’d watched flub up Abraham Lincoln’s assassination just hours before stared back at me, although I looked a little paler now.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Vocabulary lists containing assassination
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