camel

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Hemedti, a camel trader turned successful businessman, accrued much wealth from his position as head of a powerful paramilitary force.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

Within a year she was already doing a camel spin and as she got better, her mother began setting her up with a succession of coaches.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2026

"Children are not getting an adequate diet because of this drought...they depend on camel and goat milk but there is now no milk at all," said hospital nutritionist Khalid Ahmed Wethow.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, a former camel herder who commands the rebels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

I replace the giraffe’s neck poultice, cold-soak a camel for a suspected hoof abscess, and survive my first cat procedure—treating Rex for an ingrown claw while Clive strokes his head.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen