terror
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On Feb. 4, 1794, while the country was convulsed in the violent political struggle known as the Terror, the National Convention abolished slavery in all French colonies.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Accompanied by HMS Terror, it was searching for the fabled Northwest Passage.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
Britain “effectively reduced Iran to the status of a British protectorate,” according to Stephen Kinzer in All the Shah’s Men External link: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror.
From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026
They’re currently hitting smaller home haunts across the city, but Silva says, if you go to just one this season, make it Reign of Terror.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025
Terror and grief tore through him at the memory of what had happened.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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