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assassination

[uh-sas-uh-ney-shuhn] / əˌsæs əˈneɪ ʃən /








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Six weeks before his assassination in September, Charlie Kirk tweeted “More people should get married young and have more kids than they can afford.”

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026

The 25th Amendment was adopted after the assassination of President Kennedy.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

Of four documented assassination attempts on Il Duce, Violet came the closest.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Davignon, who went on to become a vice president of the European Commission in the 1980s, was a novice diplomat at the time of the assassination.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

For a half second after I opened my eyes, I thought I’d landed back in Ford’s Theatre and this was another Abraham Lincoln assassination simulation.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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