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terror

[ter-er] / ˈtɛr ər /


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McCallum said he was concerned about AI being used to create personal content tailored to radicalizing specific individuals, or help terror groups plot their attacks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Vampires are, according to legend, more known to inspire terror than laughs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, said: "The unspeakable savagery and terror of 7 October must never happen again."

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The National Police Agency’s cyber terror unit said Tuesday it had opened a probe into the breach.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

I was even pining for Mrs. Wigginbottom’s sorry company—anything seemed better than facing another afternoon with our pint-size terror.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

"I still get night terrors sometimes," he added.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

They are experiencing terrors of modern warfare at sea that have become commonplace on land in Ukraine or the Middle East—such as the sight and menacing sound of Iranian drones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026

Perhaps deep in the movie’s own subterranean basement of ideas, “Hokum” is a modern take on Ebenezer Scrooge’s night terrors, only I wouldn’t put much stock in Scott’s malcontent turning his life around.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

But somehow, I have managed to defy the odds, becoming the rare outlier to not only protect my job from the A.I. monster’s bite but profit from its terrors.

From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2026

Now he beamed out at the crowd, the terrors of history receding into the past.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix


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