shah

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Recent Examples of shah The shooting killed and wounded several students and further escalated the tensions consuming Iran at the time that eventually led to the shah fleeing the country and the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024 After fleeing the country during the tumult of Mossadegh’s overthrow, the shah was promptly reinstated. Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024 The younger shah faced his own major crisis involving foreign powers. Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024 The shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, was forced into exile in early 1979. Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 18 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for shah
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Noun
  • His successor, Sheikh Haibatullah Akhunzada, whose son became a suicide bomber, is an austere cleric who has adopted the reclusive mystique of the original amir.
    New York Times, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The amir of Kabul bought bicycles for his entire harem.
    National Geographic, National Geographic, 17 June 2020
Noun
  • The Blue Mosque was built by Sultan Ahmet I, the Ottoman Empire’s sultan between 1603 and 1617.
    Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The sultan is the second-longest reigning monarch, following the late Queen Elizabeth II.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 29 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • Led by the crown prince, the Saudi Public Investment Fund reportedly invested $2 billion in Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner's private equity firm after Mr. Trump left the White House in 2021.
    Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2025
  • The crown prince lives in exile until this day, unable to return to his home country of Iran.
    Rachel Wolf, Fox News, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Republicans called Barack Obama an emperor for using his executive power to, among other things, simply defer federal immigration enforcement against young Dreamers that were broadly popular.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2025
  • The site was part of a pleasure garden complex thought to be owned by the emperor, which is supported by the writings of Philo of Alexandria.
    Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The accommodations here range from king and double oceanfront rooms to the incredible ocean suites.
    Robin Raven, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The industry legend and king of deadpan humor accidentally crashed Jessica Williams’s big moment at the SAG Awards, and their interaction about it was just delightful.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Timur modeled his state on that of Genghis Khan and even married one of his descendants to strengthen his association with the great khan.
    Valerie Hansen, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
  • The Nizari imams claim direct descent from the Prophet Mohammed; it has been rumored that the current khan’s personal fortune is $13.3 billion.
    John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
Noun
  • To deliver the ransom, her royal labrys, the titular princess has just 24 hours to reach the Straight White Maliens and hand over the most powerful weapon known to lesbian kind.
    David Opie, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2025
  • The portraits of Kate come one month after the princess announced that her cancer is in remission.
    Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Kuwait Gains Independence With the Anglo-Kuwait agreement of 1899, the United Kingdom ends its protectorate and Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah becomes Kuwait's emir.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 28 Dec. 2015
  • While President Biden, President-elect Trump, and Qatar’s emir announced Wednesday that a deal had been reached between Israel and Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed beginning the internal Israeli process of approving the deal.
    Laura Kelly, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025

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“Shah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shah. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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