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terrorist

[ter-er-ist] / ˈtɛr ər ɪst /


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“I’m excited not to be called a terrorist every day.”

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

Russia's FSB security service said on Saturday it was carrying out "appropriate" measures after the US embassy in Moscow warned of a planned "terrorist" attack in the capital.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

The U.S. has designated two large Brazilian crime syndicates as foreign terrorist organizations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

The Canadian Armed Forces has said that "while the incident remains under investigation, at this time, there are no indications that it was the result of any terrorist activity".

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

The likelihood of any given person being killed in a terrorist attack is far smaller than the likelihood that the same person will clog up his arteries with fatty food and die of heart disease.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

"We vowed the terrorists would not escape punishment, and no proponent of dark ideologies that divide Jordanians will be tolerated," he wrote on X.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

The Israeli military said that Hebron and other areas had been “placed under a cordon” and that soldiers were “operating inside the residences of the terrorists and additional suspects.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Israel Gantz, head of an umbrella settler group, blamed recent incidents on "groups of provocateurs and terrorists" but implicitly acknowledged some Israelis' responsibility.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 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

And when the U.S. government asserts that terrorists raise money by selling black-market cigarettes, that acts as a rather jarring moral incentive.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt


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