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terrorist

[ter-er-ist] / ˈtɛr ər ɪst /


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In a statement early on Sunday, the Canadian Armed Forces 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. 18, 2026

“These days our terrorist and state threats operational missions are pretty much of equal scale: that in itself is a huge shift across recent years,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

A 22-year-old British national has been arrested on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts in connection with an incident close to RAF Fairford, counter-terror police said.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The operation would continue, he said, “until the country is liberated from the control of terrorist militias.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

Also, each accused terrorist is considered an "enemy combatant" and denied some legal protection.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

This includes the ability of the U.S. to wage war against terrorists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

"All of a sudden, you see on the news the five suspected terrorists have been released," the husband said.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 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

Soon he’ll tell us he carried dozens of people on his own back while personally defeating the terrorists.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

On the other hand, the seventeen Americans killed by terrorists in 1985 were among the 28 million of us who traveled abroad that year—that’s one chance in 1.6 million of becoming a victim.

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


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