How to Use anti-terrorism in a Sentence

anti-terrorism

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  • Kneedler answered that in that scenario, the bank could be sued under the anti-terrorism law.
    Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner, 22 Feb. 2023
  • He was charged under anti-terrorism legislation and faced 3-10 years in prison.
    Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2023
  • He was charged in August under an anti-terrorism law, accused of making threats against state officials.
    Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Officials dispatched police to the home of Twitter’s India head and anti-terrorism units to two Twitter offices.
    Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Justice Amy Coney Barrett was among the members of the court who suggested that the suit against the companies lacks the kind of specificity required under a federal anti-terrorism law.
    Jessica Gresko, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Feb. 2023
  • And then there was the pushback against a 2006 story about how the CIA and other agencies sifted through international bank data as part of an anti-terrorism campaign.
    Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
  • The anti-terrorism narrative disappeared with the decline of al-Qaeda and Islamic State in the late 2010s, and no other transnational group group has taken their place.
    TIME, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Ismail issued his statement shortly after being released from custody and cleared of charges by an anti-terrorism court.
    Pamela Constable, Washington Post, 28 May 2023
  • The national anti-terrorism prosecutor's office now seized will be responsible for shedding light on this matter so that justice can be done in the name of the French people.
    Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Justice Amy Coney Barrett was among the members of the court who suggested that the suit against the companies lacks the kind of facts required under a federal anti-terrorism law to hold platforms responsible.
    Jessica Gresko, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2023
  • In 1982, Italian anti-terrorism forces rescued U.S. Brig.
    Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
  • On the more controversial side, drones are playing an increasing role in modern warfare or anti-terrorism actions.
    Steven Savage, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Examples of federal missions given on the website included deployments to Kosovo or the anti-terrorism efforts in the Middle East.
    Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2024
  • Both Nordic nations have moved to tighten anti-terrorism legislation.
    Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The lawsuit in question focuses on the two anti-terrorism acts that allow victims and their families to seek justice for acts of international terrorism in the United States if the terrorism occurs in a foreign state.
    Christopher Hutton, Washington Examiner, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The more severe kind is a federal anti-terrorism program, while the less severe type is maintained by individual airlines for unruly passengers.
    Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2024
  • Police have quelled peaceful protests and thrown activists and dissidents into jail using draconian anti-terrorism laws.
    Astha Rajvanshi, TIME, 2 Apr. 2024
  • She was sentenced to life imprisonment for violating Myanmar’s anti-terrorism law by possessing a drone.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Sweden passed tougher anti-terrorism laws, which required amending its constitution.
    Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 July 2023
  • Greece’s anti-terrorism police division and National Intelligence Service were involved in the arrests.
    Yonat Friling, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Sweden recently changed its anti-terrorism legislation and lifted an arms embargo on Turkey.
    Chris Megerian, Lorne Cook and Seung Min Kim, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2023
  • The knife attack is being investigated by anti-terrorism prosecutors.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Administration officials do not use that term, and some critics attack the administration for not rebuking Israel with sufficient forcefulness, especially when Palestinian civilians are killed in Israeli military anti-terrorism raids or by settlers.
    Owen Tucker-Smith, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
  • The murder is being investigated by anti-terrorism prosecutors.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Among Turkey’s requests were arms deliveries, stronger anti-terrorism legislation, and more collaboration on extradition requests.
    Time, 11 July 2023
  • According to prosecutors, that equipment included network interface controllers and a radio frequency transmitter, whose exports are limited for national security and anti-terrorism reasons.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
  • France's anti-terrorism prosecutor's office opened an investigation.
    Bouazza Ben Bouazza, ajc, 11 May 2023

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