North African
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s North African headquarters put forward an audacious plan: Construct war-zone Coca-Cola bottling plants near the soldiers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
My middle-school civics textbook barely dedicated a paragraph to this 1801 war between the U.S and a group of North African states, which has been described as “America’s first war on terrorism.”
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
The North African country has been described as the world’s largest humanitarian challenge, notably in terms of displacement and hunger.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026
Among Ms. Ahmed’s recipes you’ll find simple porridges and breads, as well as more richly seasoned side and main dishes, many spiced with xaawash—that hint of North African, Middle Eastern and Indian influence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Equatorial Africa’s tsetse flies, carrying trypanosomes to which native African wild mammals are resistant, proved devastating to introduced Eurasian and North African species of livestock.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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