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terrorist

[ter-er-ist] / ˈtɛr ər ɪst /


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After the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, Foa helped train therapists in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

It is now based in exile and is designated as a terrorist organisation by Tehran.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Police believe he was working alone and not with an overseas terrorist group or foreign government.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Reporters from the Press Association also heard the journalists called "terrorist sympathisers".

From BBC • Mar. 26, 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