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extremist

[ik-stree-mist] / ɪkˈstri mɪst /
NOUN
person zealous about a belief
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STRONGEST


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The pilot had been barred from flying at Oman Air over concerns that he harbored extremist ideology, The Wall Street Journal has reported.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

His first aviation employer, state-owned Oman Air, banned him from flying after authorities became aware of his interest in browsing extremist websites, people briefed on his background said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

"Australian children have a right to play online without being exposed to predators, sexual extortionists, violent extremist content or other harmful material," eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Another document, dated 12 September 2001, said the plot's existence was "widely known" in extremist circles.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

This party has shed some of its extremist clerical members, who to the cry, "The Church is in danger!" were very good servants of the Habsburgs.

From The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 by Henry Baerlein

“It’s not a place of extremists but people were really inflamed,” Sosnoff says, noting that some people were reluctant to speak on camera.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Sallay is accused of orchestrating the bombings with Islamist extremists.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

This came even as three heroic Muslim men gave their lives in May while defending some 240 children at the Islamic Center of San Diego from anti-Muslim extremists.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

Austria will formally open a new police station on Wednesday in Adolf Hitler's former house, in the hope of deterring today's ascendant far-right extremists from making the pilgrimage to the Nazi dictator's birthplace.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

In addition, more than 52 percent of the shootouts between extremists and police now involve white extremists.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler


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