terrorism

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Recent Examples of terrorism Last week, the Administration also came under fire for a directive that expanded the definition of domestic terrorism indicators to include a wide range of political beliefs, including ideological markers such as anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism and anti-Christianity. Rebecca Schneid, Time, 21 Oct. 2025 Judge Igor Kralik cited Cintula’s own reasoning for the attack when reading his justification for the terrorism count. Reuters, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025 Cox is charged with making a terroristic threat, false report of terrorism and making a threat of mass harm, police said. Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025 When Kordia was arrested in March, the government accused her of terrorism. Aida Alami, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for terrorism
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Noun
  • That mixture of terror and safety is the secret sauce for Mike Jubie, creator of the Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses in New York’s historic Hudson Valley.
    Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
  • On the other, a vision of what life would be like without the terror group.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As Ali and her brother hid under a blanket, violence exploded around them.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Jackson imagined the Shire as idyllic beyond measure — cozy cottages dug into the landscape's gentle green slopes, totally free of the conflict and violence that the saga's Hobbit quartet eventually learn lie just beyond its borders.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In the 1980s and ’90s, Colombia’s cocaine cartels controlled entire regions through intimidation, corruption and fear tactics that are nearly identical to what’s now unfolding in parts of Mexico.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Immigrant and Latino communities — already under siege from ICE — now face not just intimidation, but real, fatal consequences.
    Bulmaro Vicente, Oc Register, 26 Oct. 2025

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“Terrorism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terrorism. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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