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Shamo

British  
/ ˈʃɑːˈməʊ /

noun

  1. transliteration of the Chinese name for the Gobi

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Derek Evans, NCA branch commander, said Shamo and Khdir operated "like a travel agency".

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026

Shamo and Khdir made hundreds of thousands if not millions of pounds, he said, but the profits were unlikely ever to be recovered.

From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2024

Crandall agreed to a plea deal and testified against Shamo, who was convicted of 12 counts and sentenced to life in prison.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2021

If we could bore our captors without frustrating them, I figured, maybe they would deliver us back to the Shamo, like two boxes that spent a month uselessly collecting dust in a warehouse.

From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2013

He'd been all over the Shamo, and the big Sahara's a park to it.

From The Sleuth of St. James's Square by Melville Davisson Post

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