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camel

[kam-uhl] / ˈkæm əl /




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The Afar region of north-eastern Ethiopia is one of the hottest and driest places on Earth, where nomads often lead camel caravans carrying salt through the desert.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Mine is a shade of camel that my haberdasher insists on calling “whiskey.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Without management, camel populations could double every eight years, South Australia's primary industries department says.

From Barron's Jun. 28, 2026

Among the video’s more surreal moments are depictions of Trump riding a camel through the desert, traveling through India on a motorcycle, appearing as an anime-style warrior and sharing tacos with world leaders.

From Salon Jun. 6, 2026

I returned to the end of the camel ride in time to watch Frankie offer Bailey his hand as she dismounted the camel.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

She rode camels in Egypt, cruised the Nile River and hugged the pillars at Stonehenge.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Obviously, clambering up and down the dangerously steep pass, ferrying goods on horseback or by mule or — for a few wacky, experimental months in the mid-1850s, Army camels — wasn’t workable.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

For camels this means when heat stress sets in, their metabolism slows down to limit internal heat production leading to sharp reduction in food intake resulting in lethargy and generalised fatigue.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

More than 10,000 camels were imported into Australia from 1840, many of them released into the wild with the development of railways and then the arrival of motor vehicles in the 1920s.

From Barron's Jun. 28, 2026

Smithy and Mara were busy sorting the metal slag that they would have to leave behind and the tools they could pack onto the camels.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri




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