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Shamo

British  
/ ˈʃɑːˈməʊ /

noun

  1. transliteration of the Chinese name for the Gobi

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

From BBC

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

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

“The silence was deafening,” Shamo said.

From Seattle Times

Shayma Shamo, a 27-year-old doctor, sought to seize the momentum of al-Faraj’s viral video, creating an Instagram page called “Lan Asket,” Arabic for “I will not be silent.”

From Seattle Times