assassination
Example Sentences
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Khamenei survived an assassination attempt in 1981, when explosives hidden in a tape recorder injured him and deprived him for life of the use of his right arm.
Shortly after the crisis, Khamenei was fortunate to survive an assassination attempt.
From BBC
The film traces how suspicion fell in particular on several members of the Jewish Defense League, a group founded by extremist rabbi Meir Kahane before his own assassination in 1990.
From Barron's
Regulated U.S. prediction markets are overseen by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which can ban certain contracts they deem against public interest, such as those involving war, assassination or illegal activities.
This included clashes with King himself, who he knew for only three years prior to King’s 1968 assassination.
From Salon
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