salaam
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Among the highlights of the show was La Bohème, a salaam to the Parisian neighbourhood Montmartre – and an Aznavour signature tune.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 2, 2018
Villagers greeted his mother, Raja Begam, with a respectful salaam.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2017
On Wednesday, the Kennedy Center named a half-dozen celebrities who will skewer and salaam before the die-hard stand-up comedian and retired “Tonight Show” host.
From Washington Post
Gordon loves the “We’re not worthy” line that Wayne and sidekick Garth salaam to Cooper in the film.
From Newsweek
“Walaikum salaam, Sara. How nice to see you!”
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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The book's only egregious fault is its beginning: there, the author salaams toward Oxford, Miss., as almost every new Southern writer has done for two decades.
From Time Magazine Archive
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There were salaams from the benches as people I knew from masjid inquired about Mama and Baba, told me that du'as had been made for their health, and asked if I needed anything.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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Okay, give my salaams to your parents, and I will talk to you later.”
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
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She follows me to the door, so I turn and kiss salaams on her cheeks, to disarm her from further questions.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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I say salaams to Nuah and good-bye to Tats and lie on the couch with my eyes wide open.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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One Teheran elector dropped his ballot in the box, then salaamed deeply three times to the container.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Italians still salaamed to his face on screens, his name on walls, but there were certain new mental reservations in their reverence.
From Time Magazine Archive
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It was a Mecca to which diplomats either made pilgrimages or salaamed.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Gaining the steering-well he drew himself up and salaamed.
From The Wireless Officer by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
Gothya, the mahout, salaamed, saying: "We have heard something that moves with noise in the jungle, and, not wishing to frighten Moti, we have waited for the sahib."
From The Three Sapphires by W. A. Fraser
In desperation, newsmen formed a crescent on Rita's lawn, fell to their knees, salaaming and pleading.
From Time Magazine Archive
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A shadowy white figure lifted the curtain between the two rooms and stood salaaming.
From Jan and Her Job by L. Allen (Lizzie Allen) Harker
The shikari came flying down the road; he saw me and stopped, salaaming very low.
From Chatterbox, 1906 by J. Erskine (John Erskine) Clarke
The country folk received the information with much salaaming, and expressed a hope that she would be favoured.
From The Outcaste by F. E. Penny
We rose, and silently salaaming our host, passed out of the tent.
From By Desert Ways to Baghdad by Louisa Jebb
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