Sahara

Example Sentences

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That is because Dakhla is in Western Sahara, an area which the United Nations classifies as a "non-self-governing territory".

From BBC • May 24, 2026

An armed conflict soon broke out between Morocco and Sahrawis fighters who formed the Polisario Front, demanding an independent Western Sahara.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Visitor numbers to Morocco-controlled Western Sahara have risen by more than 50% over the past seven years, data from the Moroccan Ministry of Tourism shows.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

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

Everybody cheered because, otherwise, we would have had a lesson on the Sahara Desert.

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper