terrorist
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They also outlasted a Saudi-led coalition that fought for seven years to dislodge the group—a U.S.-designated terrorist organization—after it seized San’a and a swath of northwestern Yemen in a civil war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
That 2001 date marked the first day of trading for the New York Exchange and the Nasdaq after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11 of that year.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
First, no legal authority exists to designate domestic organizations as terrorist groups.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
Taylor said a counter-terrorism investigation is "running in parallel" to the murder investigation but the suspected killing "has not been declared a terrorist incident at this stage".
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
The “red cell” committee thought it unlikely that an established terrorist group would work in the United States during a hurricane.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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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
Under Tanzanian law, offences such as recruiting for, facilitating, harbouring or supporting terrorists or terrorist groups carry severe penalties.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
A. Dirk Moses, the journal’s senior editor since 2011, argues it is useless to distinguish intentional killing of civilians from collateral damage caused by strikes against terrorists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The red-granite and glass building overlooking Fox Studio Lot was formerly called Fox Plaza, but may be better known to movie fans as fictional Nakatomi Plaza, where Bruce Willis fought terrorists in “Die Hard.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
And she was the only politician who’d had the courage to speak out against the terrorists.
From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai
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