khamsin
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The hot, dry atmosphere produced by the khamsin contains an excess of positive ions.
From Time Magazine Archive
The German drive, which had swept across Libya as fast and as hot as the desert wind called khamsin, was apparently aimed straight for Alexandria.
From Time Magazine Archive
The shaky cease-fire shifted attention back to Lebanon's complicated political situation, which was about as impenetrable as the khamsin.
From Time Magazine Archive
The khamsin is a baleful wind that flares out of the deserts, drying out the land and the people until the flesh fairly crackles.
From Time Magazine Archive
The heat was increasing and the desert winds brought the "khamsin" or duststorms.
From The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula by Collett, Herbert Brayley
