sheik
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The outlet noted that Ferguson has experienced some public hiccups, like the time she was caught promising a News of the World reporter disguised as a sheik access to Andrew in exchange for nearly $700,000.
From Fox News ● Jul. 26, 2021
Ron Kuby, who once represented a blind Egyptian sheik sentenced to life in prison after a 1990s Manhattan terrorism trial, said the lockup houses some of “the highest-security prisoners on earth.”
From Washington Times ● Aug. 12, 2019
But Mr Dutton defended his department against accusations that a visa for the sheik should never have been approved.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2016
Three of the young men she interviewed then are now in Syria, as is the sheik, Bassam Ayashi, who was once linked to al-Qaeda.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2015
She walked into a dark room, peeked out from behind a shade, and saw the sheik high up in the cherry tree silhouetted against the moon.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
By the 1960s, the Egyptian was a wealthy man who was wheeling and dealing with everyone from Arab sheiks to Papa Doc Duvalier, Haiti's notorious dictator.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2023
The One and its myriad extravagances are reserved for sheiks and nobles, celebrities and CEOs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2021
No fewer than nine members of IOC itself are princes, princesses, dukes or sheiks — and that list doesn’t include the multitude of government officials involved in organizations that branch out of the IOC.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2020
No fewer than nine members of IOC itself are princes, princesses, dukes or sheiks - and that list doesn’t include the multitude of government officials involved in organizations that branch out of the IOC.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 20, 2020
From that day on, about the only contact Dad had with the sheiks was over the telephone.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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The Middle East and Central Asia - Introductory
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