Dalila
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Ben Mbarek has been on hunger strike for over a month and was at risk of dying, news agency AFP reports, citing his sister and lawyer Dalila Ben Mbarek.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025
"Jawhar is on a hunger strike, he risks dying, and all he is asking is to appear before you in person," said Ben Mbarek's sister and lawyer Dalila Msaddek, representing her brother and other defendants.
From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025
In the other group-play finale, Argentina beat the Dominican Republic 3-0 on goals from Dalila Ippolito, Celeste dos Santos and Maricel Pereyra, keeping alive its chances to advance to the quarterfinals as a third-place team.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024
Then, in 1996, Ana Maria and the Shorters’ niece Dalila Lucien were among the 230 people killed when TWA Flight 800 crashed shortly after takeoff from Kennedy International Airport in New York.
From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023
I remember once, as Dalila, throwing myself so hard upon the supposed couch of Dalila, that I thumped my head on the marble mantel behind me.
From Confessions of an Opera Singer by Howard, Kathleen
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