extremist
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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
The footage, which the FBI had within days of the 2001 attacks, stands in stark contrast to Omar al-Bayoumi's 25 years of denials that he was an extremist and a Saudi spy.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 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
It’s a tragedy when any human life is taken, here or abroad, by a soldier or an extremist.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
The extremist always does his own cause harm.
From One Day at a Time and Other Talks on Life and Religion by Arch. Alexander
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
She said this was "a hatred we must stand robustly against, and root out from its very foundations", which meant "taking on extremists and bearing down on those who seek to divide our communities".
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
After opting against turning it into a historical monument to avoid drawing extremists, an expert commission decided to make it a police station.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 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
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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