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terrorist

[ter-er-ist] / ˈtɛr ər ɪst /


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Hekmat Omar Ali Hakim appeared before Westminster Magistrates' Court and pleaded not guilty to failing to disclose information regarding terrorist activity.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Southern Syria is vulnerable to terrorist activity; such groups have operated near the Israeli border before.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

The United States for years refused contact with Hamas, which it classifies as a terrorist organisation and which led the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel that sparked the Gaza war.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

In 2025, the Onion ran a spoof headline imagining the State Department designating the league a terrorist organization.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

Q: Has any terrorist group taken credit for the bombing?

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

Prevent was set up 20 years ago to try to identify future potential terrorists and intervene in their lives, often by challenging hateful ideologies such as far right extremism or support for jihadist violence.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Flock CEO Garrett Langley has accused some opponents of being "terrorists," stoking the fire.

From Barron's Aug. 9, 2026

On Thursday, his name appeared on Russia's online register of "terrorists and extremists" -- a blacklist maintained by Russia's Rosfinmonitoring financial watchdog.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his top defense officials in the wake of the incident, pledging to “act with full force against the terrorists and those who dispatch them.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

On the morning the terrorists struck the Twin Towers in New York, I was in the eleventh grade.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad




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