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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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Hammami was previously barred from flying by Oman Air over concerns of extremist ideology, but FlyDubai did not vet him with Oman before hiring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Al Arabiya, citing an informed source, also reported that Omani authorities had determined the co-pilot held extremist views.

From Barron's ● 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

Lagarde has often sought to shape the EU’s policies beyond her core monetary-policy domain, taking stands on issues such as climate change and extremist politics that she views as risks to the continent’s economic future.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Vindictiveness, extremist theories and demagogism ought to have no place in arriving at that estimate.

From Right Above Race by Otto Hermann Kahn

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

Staff on the 9/11 Commission objected to the conclusion that Bayoumi was "unlikely" to have been involved with extremists, prompting the report to attribute this to "our investigators who have dealt directly with him"

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

On Thursday, his name appeared on Russia's online register of "terrorists and extremists" -- a blacklist maintained by Russia's Rosfinmonitoring financial watchdog.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

The U.S. military, meanwhile, withdrew from its bases in Syria earlier this year, ending a more than decadelong commitment to the country that began as a mission to fight Islamic State extremists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 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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