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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

Now two men, Dilshad Shamo and Ali Khdir, have pleaded guilty to people smuggling midway through their trial.

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 wanted to land in the gulf of Pe-chi-li and go into the great desert of the Shamo in Central Mongolia.

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

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