How to Use terrorism in a Sentence

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  • Pakistan since 9/11 is a front line in the struggle against terrorism.
    — Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2023
  • The terrorism threat Pakistan faces is one of its own making.
    — Aqil Shah, Foreign Affairs, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Police have charged a 16-year-old with a terrorism offense in the church attack.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 24 Apr. 2024
  • Moscow has called the attack an act of terrorism that left two people dead.
    — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
  • This is terrorism and Israel has the right to defend itself.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2023
  • They were charged with terrorism and face a maximum sentence of life in prison.
    — Christian Edwards, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Olympics organizers say the potential for terrorism was stitched into the plan for the Games from the start.
    — Ségolène Le Stradic, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2024
  • And if that’s the case, this will be yet another unpunished case of racial terrorism.
    — Stefani Reynolds, Miami Herald, 13 June 2024
  • The crash wasn’t believed to be terrorism, and the driver was taken into custody.
    — Pan Pylas, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2023
  • This being a world where terrorism is all too common, some of those who’d come to see the wreckage had wondered whether the bridge might have been attacked.
    — Peter Nicholas, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Last month, the police arrested a party member and charged him with terrorism in connection with the burning of the truck and the flag.
    — John Eligon Joao Silva, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2024
  • The arrests come amid a recent uptick in terrorism and violence in France not related to the Olympics.
    — Tom Winter, NBC News, 27 July 2024
  • Blaming victims of terrorism for their own deaths is wrong.
    — Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2023
  • While the first two seasons dealt with terrorism coming to Europe, Season 3 takes the viewer to its place of origin.
    — Ed Meza, Variety, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The lesson: Don’t give billions of dollars to people who fund terrorism.
    — WSJ, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The controversy over the pope’s ‘terrorism’ assertion The pope’s comment set off a firestorm.
    — Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Swamy may have been the oldest person ever charged with terrorism in India.
    — Lauren Frayer, NPR, 2 June 2024
  • Police said they each were charged with one count of domestic terrorism.
    — Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Pick at the stories and legends built up over the long years of the global war on terrorism, and their utter falsity eventually comes to the fore.
    — Jacob Silverman, The New Republic, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Niger remains a key nation in the fight against Islamic terrorism and in securing peace in the region.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 28 July 2023
  • Four men appeared in a Moscow court Saturday and were charged with terrorism in the concert hall attack.
    — George Petras, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
  • In the post-9/11 era, initial law enforcement concerns were with terrorism; now, the concern is mass shooters.
    — John J. Sloan Iii, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
  • This was the first school shooting where the perpetrator was convicted on terrorism charges.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The group was formed last week and is intended to meet four times per year to provide insight on issues such as the fentanyl epidemic, terrorism, and the border.
    — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 28 Sep. 2023
  • While part of the U.S. probe is looking at acts of terrorism, a broader focus is tackling the financial networks that have enabled Hamas.
    — Ava Benny-Morrison Bloomberg News (tns), arkansasonline.com, 10 July 2024
  • Taking a new direction, the setting shifts from terrorism to old foe Russia.
    — Allen Pierleoni -, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
  • But the Erez crossing has been closed since Oct. 7, shuttered by Israel for its military campaign and as a buffer from terrorism threats.
    — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2024
  • The guards eventually forced her to falsely confess to crimes against the state, including terrorism.
    — Adam Goldman, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Graphic footage of the attack, which the government deemed terrorism, quickly circulated online and sparked riots near the church scene of the crime.
    — Chad De Guzman, TIME, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Police said the shooting had no connection to terrorism.
    — Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024

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