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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 online investigation team at Bellingcat, who studied the group back in 2022, called it then a "vocal and vile online booster" of the Russian invasion, with a clear extremist far-right ideology.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Cdr Flanagan said the police investigation found Shah was being drawn into extremist material and ideologies "when he was only 13 or 14 years old".

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

In 2024, authorities found he was browsing extremist websites and blogs and grew concerned about his radical views.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 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

The United States and our partners continue to take active and effective measures against our primary terrorist enemies and certain other violent extremist groups that also pose a serious and continuing threat.

From National Strategy for Combating Terrorism September 2006 by National Security Council (U.S.)

Some extremists like to shout their most extreme views, while others express them in niche journals or in private, among well-heeled friends.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

“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

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

Government officials have acknowledged the uptick in attacks by what they say are a small group of extremists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 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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