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hit men

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plural of hit man

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It is armed with heavyweight torpedoes and anti-ship missiles launched through six 533 mm torpedo tubes, enabling it to engage both surface ships and enemy submarines.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 June 2026
Considerations when choosing swimming pool dive toys Design Popular designs for swimming pool dive toys include sticks, rings, balls with tails, and torpedoes.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026

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Deputy Solicitor General Eric Feigin said blocking such searches would handicap police searching for murderers, kidnappers and robbers.

— Bart Jansen, USA Today, 29 June 2026
Our law enforcement officers are on the frontlines arresting terrorists, gang members, murderers, pedophiles and rapists.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026

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Lucky Number Slevin, a movie about mistaken identity, rival crime syndicates, and assassins, was, for some reason (Josh Hartnett), one of the comfort movies of my childhood.

— Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 1 July 2026
These artisans, with their trade secrets, were kept on Murano, a cluster of islands just across the lagoon from the city, ostensibly as a precaution against fire, though the state would also send assassins after anyone who tried to leave.

— Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

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