jihad

Example Sentences

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In a message congratulating Mojtaba on his appointment Sunday, Hassan Khomeini—the grandson of the Islamic Republic’s founding ayatollah—offered “condolences on the martyrdom of your beloved father, who was a model of jihad and martyrdom.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

“I have been on a jihad to streamline the review process and get things out the door faster,” Dr. Pazdur said in 2016.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

The danger is that Paul might be swayed to believe it, too, even as the hallucinogenic spice peppers him with visions of a jihad waged in his name.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2024

He said police would act "decisively and quickly" and "intervene immediately" if there were chants of "jihad", though he also said context was important.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2023

"This has to be the most peculiar jihad ever."

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda