From last month’s Washington Post:
“Metro Transit Police say they have a new unit working to deter terrorists from targeting the transit system.”
Deter is from the Latin de (from) + terrere (to frighten), which is also the origin of terrorist.
They used two words in a row that share a common derivation of a Latin root. How embarrassing! It reminds me of the time I wrote, “The Civil Rights Movement moved a nation,” in a history essay in fourth grade. Classic mistake, Post.