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khamsin

[kam-seen, kam-sin] / kæmˈsin, ˈkæm sɪn /


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Moving up out of the desert each spring and fall, the khamsin is an ill wind that blows no one in the Middle East any good.

From Time Magazine Archive

The plain fact was that, as Arab and Jew squared off for battle in the hazy heat of a khamsin desert wind, no one wanted the battle to start.

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

The khamsin blew in hot, sandy spurts, and lulled; then came again in hotter, more shrivelling bursts "From Hell!" thought the troopers, one and all.

From The Tale of a Trooper by Clutha N. (Clutha Nantes) Mackenzie


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