terrorist
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He also said Treasury would have announced the sanctions on Friday but held back out of respect for the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks 25 years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 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
Americans across the country paid there respects on Friday to the thousands killed in the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
If Werner rings the bell, the old man will assume he’s being arrested as a terrorist.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
"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
A British-born veteran of Vietnam, he concluded after the 1993 bombing that the terrorists would return, and he rigorously rehearsed evacuation plans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
The committee had several recommendations to reduce the threat posed by such terrorists.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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