Sahara
Example Sentences
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Remittances flowed into remote villages where the most reliable way to reinvest the windfall was to send another family member across the Sahara.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Polisario guerillas fought a long war with Morocco over independence of the Western Sahara region.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
This happened in 2021, after Spain allowed a pro-independence leader from Western Sahara to get treatment in a Spanish hospital.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
At least 49 people have died of thirst in a remote part of the Sahara desert in northern Niger after the truck carrying them broke down, authorities said.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
In Africa my papa loved the dusty dry winds of the Harmattan, which blew down from the Sahara Desert every December or January.
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
