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[ter-er-ist] / ˈtɛr ər ɪst /


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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

One national-security expert warned that a terrorist nuclear attack on a major city was “inevitable.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 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

“How do we get from the Columbian Exchange to Al Qaeda? What would motivate people to create a terrorist group? Why would America be a target?” he asked his class.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

It was then that I remembered my aunt Angie, and that my father was telling anyone who would listen that she had put his name on a terrorist watch list.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

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

Soon he’ll tell us he carried dozens of people on his own back while personally defeating the terrorists.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2026

"We're not talking about an ordinary mafia, we're talking about terrorists," Rubio told reporters.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

U.S. forces remained engaged in a low-level fight against Islamic terrorists there that persisted for two decades.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

And when the U.S. government asserts that terrorists raise money by selling black-market cigarettes, that acts as a rather jarring moral incentive.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt




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