sheikhdom
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The city-state, one of seven hereditarily ruled, autocratic sheikhdoms that make up the UAE, provided Emirates some $4 billion in a bailout at the height of the pandemic.
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However, a massive storm forecasters had been warning about for days blew through the country’s seven sheikhdoms.
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Schools across the UAE, a federation of seven sheikhdoms, largely shut ahead of the storm and government employees were largely working remotely if able.
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The temple nods back in its seven spires, the number of sheikhdoms in this autocratic federation on the Arabian Peninsula.
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Mansoor repeatedly drew the ire of authorities in the UAE by calling for a free press and democratic freedoms in this federation of seven sheikhdoms.
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