terror
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According to Plutarch, writing nearly five centuries later: “The sun was eclipsed and as darkness descended, everyone was struck with terror, thinking it a portent.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
His lengthy career includes overseeing the civil cases arising from Al-Qaeda's September 11, 2001 terror attacks on New York and Washington, often rejecting deals he saw as unfair to complainants.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
Tasked with restructuring the agency for the war on terror, Mueller ran the FBI with discipline and professionalism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
Released just three months after the original aired in North America, "Dhurandhar" continues the story of an Indian spy infiltrating Pakistani crime syndicates and politics, seeking to dismantle a terror network.
From Barron's • Mar. 22, 2026
I’d feel suffocated between nausea and terror as lightning streaked from sky to water and thunder boomed painfully into our eardrums.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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