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As locals will tell you, nature is in charge here, and when a sirocco hits, you have to go with the flow.

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Like their master, the South Wind, they were conflicted—half hot, dry sirocco, half stormy thunderhead.

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On this occasion, though, we are all so in the thrall of Driver, who breezes in and out of “Burn This” like a sirocco, that we believe in his ability to turn Anna’s head.

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In the hearth at the north wall a large fire cracked and lisped, flushing the room with a dry sirocco that caused frozen skin to tingle.

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Franco looks way too young compared with Kidman, for one thing, and his British accent comes and goes, like the sirocco.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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