terror
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The Marquis de Condorcet and Jacques Pierre Brissot were Girondins who lost their lives in the Terror before the abolition of slavery, for which they had long campaigned.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Britain “effectively reduced Iran to the status of a British protectorate,” according to Stephen Kinzer in All the Shah’s Men External link: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror.
From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026
They’re currently hitting smaller home haunts across the city, but Silva says, if you go to just one this season, make it Reign of Terror.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025
Terror birds were top predators - they could be taller than a human and had powerful legs and hooked, flesh-ripping beaks.
From BBC • Jul. 22, 2025
Terror tore at Harry’s heart… He had to get to Dumbledore and he had to catch Snape...
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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