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terrorist

[ter-er-ist] / ˈtɛr ər ɪst /


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Officials have ruled out the possibility of "any terrorist activity" being to blame for the fire.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 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

Questioned by Jesse Nicholls, representing the bereaved family, Dr Latham said Uddin "felt a sense of injustice" about being branded a terrorist.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

If Werner rings the bell, the old man will assume he’s being arrested as a terrorist.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

This includes the ability of the U.S. to wage war against terrorists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 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

On the other hand, the seventeen Americans killed by terrorists in 1985 were among the 28 million of us who traveled abroad that year—that’s one chance in 1.6 million of becoming a victim.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos


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