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
It’s intriguing, but in terms of a realistic purchase...is it a Mark Zuckerberg or a sheik who's going to buy it?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2017
But Mr Dutton defended his department against accusations that a visa for the sheik should never have been approved.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2016
“Talked to me for quite a while—said he was from Saudi Arabia. He thumbed through the goshawk book, too. Said the sheik he worked for had a goshawk. “
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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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
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
Flappers and sheiks also took their cues from the high-flying romances they saw on movie screens and confessions in movie magazines of immorality on movie sets.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
Kelly insisted he was not actually taking bribes from FBI agents posing as oil sheiks but conducting an investigation of his own.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 18, 2014
The Arab sheiks prize falcons,” the librarian continues.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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The Middle East and Central Asia - Introductory
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