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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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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

Nonetheless, the result sent shock waves through Germany, which in the post-war era had so far managed to keep extremist parties at bay.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

The new evidence undermines Omar al-Bayoumi's 25 years of denials that he was an extremist and a Saudi spy.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

It’s a tragedy when any human life is taken, here or abroad, by a soldier or an extremist.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

He exerted great influence as a teacher, and is known as an extremist in doctrine.

From The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History by James Edward Talmage

The report noted that "mounting evidence" suggested extremists in Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf "were aware" the attack had been imminent.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 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

The BBC can reveal that those staff objected to a line in the report concluding that he was "an unlikely candidate for clandestine involvement with Islamist extremists".

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Western governments are watching to see if Sharaa’s Islamist-led government can keep a lid on potential extremists in the country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Adams went to his grave claiming that these laws never enjoyed his support, that their chief sponsors were Federalist extremists in the Congress, and that he had signed them grudgingly and reluctantly.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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