Sahara

Example Sentences

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Instead, some 80% of Western Sahara is occupied and administered by Morocco, its northern neighbour.

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

It comes as the Moroccan government has invested heavily in developing tourism in Western Sahara in recent years.

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

It’s not the Sahara or the Gobi Desert.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong