Sahara

Example Sentences

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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

Morocco considers Western Sahara to be part of its sovereign territory, calling it its "southern provinces".

From BBC • May 24, 2026

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

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

She felt the thirst of the Sahara and called out for water.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende