terrorist
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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
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"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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