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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

President Emmanuel Macron called it a "racist terrorist attack" and anti-racism demonstrations have been held around France.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Hellerstein's lengthy career included overseeing the civil cases arising from Al-Qaeda's September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, often rejecting deals he saw as unfair to complainants.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

The provision—invoked only once before, after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks—commits alliance members to assist an ally subjected to an armed attack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Incidentally, Newsweek once stated that the chances of a college- educated single woman over thirty-five getting married were smaller than her chances of being killed by a terrorist.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

"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

Tell him, if he’s not busy hunting down terrorists right now, I’d appreciate him taking care of whoever’s sending strange letters to thirteen-year-old boys.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix


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