reign of terror
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Other real-life subjects include the father of the atomic bomb, a lauded American conductor and the victims and perpetrators of the Reign of Terror in the Osage Nation in 1920s Oklahoma.
From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2024
The FBI deemed that the Reign of Terror also lasted only five years in the '20s when in reality it had lasted about two decades.
From Salon • Oct. 9, 2023
Known as the Reign of Terror, it sparked a major FBI investigation involving J Edgar Hoover.
From BBC • May 15, 2023
Disagreements between the Committee of Public Safety and the Convention over religious and economic policies hastened the end of the Reign of Terror as support for Robespierre’s repressive policies dwindled.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
Before I left Osage County to return home, I stopped to see Mary Jo Webb, a retired teacher who had spent decades investigating the suspicious death of her grandfather during the Reign of Terror.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
