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sheik

[sheek, sheyk] / ʃik, ʃeɪk /




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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

Ron Kuby, who once represented a blind Egyptian sheik sentenced to life in prison after a 1990s Manhattan terrorism trial, said the lockup houses some of “the highest-security prisoners on earth.”

From Washington Times Aug. 12, 2019

But Mr Dutton defended his department against accusations that a visa for the sheik should never have been approved.

From BBC Jun. 14, 2016

The sheik is very happy to put it behind him and move on with his life.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 19, 2015

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

The One and its myriad extravagances are reserved for sheiks and nobles, celebrities and CEOs.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 22, 2021

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

Sometimes her partner was one of the brilliantine-haired neighborhood sheiks who was a snappy dancer and made her watch her steps.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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