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terrorist

[ter-er-ist] / ˈtɛr ər ɪst /


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Its cause is still unclear, but officials said it did not appear tied to "terrorist activity".

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

“These days our terrorist and state threats operational missions are pretty much of equal scale: that in itself is a huge shift across recent years,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

They haven’t turned up any links to any foreign power or major terrorist organization, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The operation would continue, he said, “until the country is liberated from the control of terrorist militias.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

It was then that I remembered my aunt Angie, and that my father was telling anyone who would listen that she had put his name on a terrorist watch list.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

Israel Gantz, head of an umbrella settler group, blamed recent incidents on "groups of provocateurs and terrorists" but implicitly acknowledged some Israelis' responsibility.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

"All of a sudden, you see on the news the five suspected terrorists have been released," the husband said.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Most of the blame for that lies at the feet of the 9/11 terrorists and those who supported and financed them.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

What the officials told the world to do was to come shop” and support lower Manhattan to show the terrorists that the city — and America — had resolve.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

Tell him, if he’s not busy hunting down terrorists right now, I’d appreciate him taking care of whoever’s sending strange letters to thirteen-year-old boys.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix


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