Sahara

Example Sentences

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The fictional movie he’s making looks stiff, a period epic about Spain’s colonialist withdrawal from the Sahara in the 1930s, which doubles as a metaphor for the father’s destructive absence from his now-adult child’s life.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Visible affects are evident from major events, such as last year's forest fires in Canada or storms in the Sahara lifting up dust and scattering it across Europe and the UK.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

In earlier research published in 2023, scientists discovered that dust blowing from the Sahara Desert across the Atlantic Ocean can combine with salt from sea spray to create tiny particles called iron salt aerosols.

From Science Daily • May 10, 2026

Hamid had benefited from confidential information Zakia fed him about the wealthy patrons who flocked to see her at the Sahara.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

In the Sahara they’ll fester and rot and fall out of your head.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt