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or amir
also ameer
as in sultan
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Recent Examples of emir
On the day of the planned reopening, however, Taliban emir Haibatullah Akhundzada overruled officials in Kabul and extended the ban indefinitely.
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Asfandyar Mir, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2024
Matteo Colombo/Getty Later expansions followed under other emirs such as Abd ar-Rahman II, al-Hakam II, and Abd ar-Raham III.
—Marta Sahelices, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2023
Biden contacted Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi and the emir of Qatar, urging the Arab countries to press Hamas harder for a deal.
—Claire Parker, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
Watching on from the VIP section was Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and FIFA president Gianni Infantino.
—James Robson, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2024
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Asfandyar Mir, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2024
Matteo Colombo/Getty Later expansions followed under other emirs such as Abd ar-Rahman II, al-Hakam II, and Abd ar-Raham III.
—Marta Sahelices, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2023
Biden contacted Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi and the emir of Qatar, urging the Arab countries to press Hamas harder for a deal.
—Claire Parker, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
Watching on from the VIP section was Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and FIFA president Gianni Infantino.
—James Robson, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emir
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The sultan is the second-longest reigning monarch, following the late Queen Elizabeth II.Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 29 Aug. 2024
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Putin refers to this region—a vast expanse of steppe and the coastline that the tsars wrested from the Ottoman sultans in the eighteenth century—by the name Novorossiya, or New Russia.Brian Milakovsky, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2022
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Once the crown prince of Rome, he was forced to flee at age 12 for his safety, and is now a humble farmer in Numidia, North Africa.Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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This marks a stark reversal from when the crown prince, during the first Trump administration, was eager to broker the Trump peace plan and pressed the Palestinians for concessions.Fatima AbdulKarim, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Nov. 2024
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Mughal emperor Shah Jahan contracted a marvel of architectural precision built in memory of one of his wives, Mumtaz Mahal, after her death.Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
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The feathered headdress once worn by Aztec emperor Moctezuma II resides in Vienna.Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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Back at Lallybroch, Claire and Jamie maneuver the shocked reactions of his family as Claire calmly shares her intel on how this upcoming revolution will result in the rich being persecuted and the king and queen being beheaded.Lincee Ray, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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In 2021, Yoox Net-a-Porter Group pledged to commit to the king’s Terra Carta, a mandate that puts sustainability at the heart of the private sector.Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 21 Nov. 2024
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Archaeologists subsequently uncovered a platform at the site with statue bases inscribed with the names of 14 Roman emperors and empresses.Patricia Failing, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024
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Directed by Scott's son, Jake Scott, Kelce stars in the commercial as a gladiator alongside the other athletes and Megan, 29, who plays an empress.Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2024
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These include: Princess Noel, a human who is the princess of light and magic.Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 14 Nov. 2024
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Maybe there's a prince or a princess or a mistaken identity.Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
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By contrast, given Russia's dominant role in the CU, joining that group would transform Yanukovych into a satrap of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, whom Yanukovych regards as the avatar of Russian arrogance.Rajan Menon, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2011
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The quick collapse of the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satraps unsettled both nations.Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
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Khamenei on Saturday met with university students to mark Students Day, which commemorates a Nov. 4, 1978, incident in which Iranian soldiers opened fire on students protesting the rule of the shah at Tehran University.Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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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
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“Emir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emir. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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