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terrorist

[ter-er-ist] / ˈtɛr ər ɪst /


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The operation would continue, he said, “until the country is liberated from the control of terrorist militias.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

A UK-Iranian dual national arrested on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts in connection with an incident at RAF Fairford has been released on bail.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Opher Dubrovsky, who works in tech at Amazon.com, said some passengers worried that crew members might have been involved in what they suspected was a terrorist attack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The co-pilot has been returned to the United Arab Emirates, where the incident is under investigation to determine any "terrorist activity or intent".

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Behind his innocent façade of a doctor without prestige there was hidden a terrorist who with his short-legged boots covered the scars that five years in the stocks had left on his legs.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

"All of a sudden, you see on the news the five suspected terrorists have been released," the husband said.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Most of the blame for that lies at the feet of the 9/11 terrorists and those who supported and financed them.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

What the officials told the world to do was to come shop” and support lower Manhattan to show the terrorists that the city — and America — had resolve.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

"We're not talking about an ordinary mafia, we're talking about terrorists," Rubio told reporters.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

There was nothing about her religion that was like that of the terrorists who had done this, but no one really seemed to understand that.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin


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