sheik
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Al-Hela, a businessman and tribal sheik from Yemen, was first captured in Egypt in 2002 and held overseas before being brought to Guantánamo two years later.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 12, 2023
The outlet noted that Ferguson has experienced some public hiccups, like the time she was caught promising a News of the World reporter disguised as a sheik access to Andrew in exchange for nearly $700,000.
From Fox News ● Jul. 26, 2021
While still a long shot, Scherr and other horse owners could compete for the Derby against millionaires and even a billionaire sheik who spend incredible wealth on horses.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 28, 2020
It’s intriguing, but in terms of a realistic purchase...is it a Mark Zuckerberg or a sheik who's going to buy it?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2017
We should have made it a period ball, not the hotch-potch of humanity it was bound to be, with Giles, poor fellow, well-meaning and hearty in his guise of Arabian sheik.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
By the 1960s, the Egyptian was a wealthy man who was wheeling and dealing with everyone from Arab sheiks to Papa Doc Duvalier, Haiti's notorious dictator.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2023
—Rep. Michael J. “Ozzie” Myers, D-Penn., was convicted of bribery and conspiracy for taking money from FBI agents who posed as Arab sheiks.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2023
Flappers and sheiks also took their cues from the high-flying romances they saw on movie screens and confessions in movie magazines of immorality on movie sets.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
Kelly insisted he was not actually taking bribes from FBI agents posing as oil sheiks but conducting an investigation of his own.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 18, 2014
From that day on, about the only contact Dad had with the sheiks was over the telephone.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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The Middle East and Central Asia - Introductory
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