How to Use terrorism in a Sentence

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  • They have been arrested for acts of terrorism.
  • And the perceptions of the U.S. handling of that war against terrorism.
    — CBS News, 29 June 2022
  • But dealing with terrorism was never part of the career plans of many of the young lawyers.
    — New York Times, 28 June 2022
  • The man charged in the attack, Frank James, has pleaded not guilty to terrorism and other counts.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 2 June 2022
  • James has pleaded not guilty to terrorism and gun charges.
    — Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN, 1 June 2022
  • 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
  • This is a party that can condemn terrorism and call for peace.
    — ABC News, 17 Aug. 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
  • In remarks 11 month ago, Biden had said the U.S. would keep up the fight against terrorism in Afghanistan and other countries, despite pulling out troops.
    — Zeke Miller, Aamer Madhani, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • Just as the purpose of terrorism is terror, so the purpose of Twitter is tweeting.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 22 Nov. 2022
  • 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
  • This is terrorism, and it should be accepted by anyone as a normal way of life.
    — Ruchi Kumar, NPR, 3 Dec. 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
  • Beforehand, the overwhelming narrative was that Parisians did not want this event, the Seine was still too dirty, and the risk of terrorism loomed too large.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The paymaster and armorer of Hezbollah and Hamas is Iran, the world’s No. 1 sponsor of terrorism.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2024
  • The lesson: Don’t give billions of dollars to people who fund terrorism.
    — WSJ, 13 Nov. 2023
  • That is not because the threat of terrorism disappeared.
    — Jonah Bader, CNN, 25 Nov. 2022
  • The sequel series documents the fallout of the siege, from the personal hardships faced by survivors to the rise of terrorism.
    — Katie Reul, Variety, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The Federal Bureau of Investigation has called the attack an act of terrorism.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Advertisement The terrorism threat to New Orleans was long apparent.
    — Ryan Foley and Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025

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