reign of terror
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Currently celebrating 25 years of continuous operation, Reign of Terror has the additional distinction of being the single largest indoor haunted house in SoCal.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2023
The FBI deemed that the Reign of Terror also lasted only five years in the '20s when in reality it had lasted about two decades.
From Salon • Oct. 9, 2023
Known as the Reign of Terror, it sparked a major FBI investigation involving J Edgar Hoover.
From BBC • May 15, 2023
Except for a brief period during the Reign of Terror, France continued to uphold the institution of slavery in its colonies.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
An Osage lawyer had told me that the Reign of Terror was “not the end of our history,” adding, “Our families were victims of this conspiracy, but we’re not victims.”
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
