assignation
Example Sentences
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By evening’s end, a frazzled Ventura senior citizen — during a cloak-and-dagger assignation — had uttered a secret code to a person who claimed to be law enforcement, then handed him $25,000.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
While maintaining a fragile—and heartrending—composure, Ms. Manville’s Jocasta also reveals that she was not Laius’ only victim; it is implied that he was killed while heading to some sort of unsavory assignation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
A Scottish government spokesperson added that the assignation statement, which transfers rights to another party, was made in accordance with the relevant legislation.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025
The lucrative assignation of World Cup soccer venues depended on the highest bidder.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2022
The face at the window, and then this strange assignation, could have only one meaning; but, good or bad, it was for me.
From My Lady Rotha A Romance by Stanley J. Weyman
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