emir
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Last month, Kuwait's emir issued a decree aimed at "securing and protecting the supreme interests of military entities".
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
“Storms don’t shake us. They remind us who we are,” proclaimed an electronic billboard in City Walk on Thursday night, with a quote from Dubai’s emir.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
With Noem’s attention focused on her need to travel in the style of a Persian Gulf emir, the actual administration of the department has suffered.
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026
The emir of Qatar is also very friendly with Trump, having given him, as a present, a $400 million jetliner to use as the next Air Force One.
From Slate • Oct. 16, 2025
That’s what I thought, anyway, as we rode in the sweet-smelling car, through the garden estate of the emir, past marble beds full of black tulips, to his castle by the sea.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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English Words Derived from Arabic
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