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terrorist

[ter-er-ist] / ˈtɛr ər ɪst /


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Powell also said the US and Europe should maintain contact with President Putin – despite describing the Russian leader as a "terrorist".

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

Memorial ceremonies in New York City, Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon commemorate victims of illnesses linked to the terrorist attacks and people who died in 2001.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

This issue is deeply related to the newly released trove of documents that indicate that New Yorkers were “misled” — essentially lied to — about air quality risks following the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2026

We scoured hundreds of The Wall Street Journal’s articles to show how the terrorist attacks continue to reverberate a quarter-century later.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

“They’re probably going crazy overboard with security. I doubt Batavia is high on the terrorist target list.”

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

"I am afraid of terrorists here," said Shahid Sofi, a 24-year-old mason from Bihar who previously worked in Delhi and Mumbai.

From Barron's Sep. 14, 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

What the officials told the world to do was to come shop” and support lower Manhattan to show the terrorists that the city — and America — had resolve.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2026

Warwick Crown Court heard Webster had been referred four times to the UK Government-led Prevent programme, a scheme aimed to stop people becoming terrorists.

From BBC Sep. 7, 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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