amir
Example Sentences
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Samir Najeeb, the restaurant's food business operator, was charged with two breaches - one under the Food Safety and Hygiene Regulations and one under the Food Safety Act.
From BBC
When the Taliban defense minister, Yaqoub — who is the son of the first amir, Mullah Omar — traveled to Doha in July, he met, unannounced, with West.
From New York Times
At other points, he spoke of struggling to keep his faith up, spoke of his love for the ”amir” despite never having met him and asked for help in finding a like-minded wife.
From The Guardian
The local Arsa commander - his "amir", he called him - arrived and told the men that the military was on its way and would attack them.
From BBC
The acknowledged leader, or amir, of this alliance is Isnilon Hapilon, the Abu Sayyaf commander the military was trying to capture when it inadvertently interrupted the militants' occupation of Marawi last month.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.