khamsin
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But for the moment no khamsin was blowing, no dreadful sandstorm to grind up men and machines.
From Time Magazine Archive
The shaky cease-fire shifted attention back to Lebanon's complicated political situation, which was about as impenetrable as the khamsin.
From Time Magazine Archive
The khamsin, the hot African wind, filled the air with the sands of the Sahara.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week, as Jerusalem suffered under the worst khamsin since 1893, tempers and guns blazed along Israel's borders.
From Time Magazine Archive
Known in Egypt as the khamsin, on the Mediterranean as the sirocco, it is called on the Guinea coast the harmattan.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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