How to Use mullah in a Sentence
mullah
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None of that seemed to give the mullahs in power much of a boost.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2024
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Once the mullah fell to the ground, another person shot him four times in the chest.
—WSJ, 26 Sep. 2021
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The mullahs still rule in Iran, and Syria lies in tatters.
—Yascha Mounk, Slate Magazine, 17 Feb. 2017
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To really save some mullah, do what the kids do these days, and have a pregame at home.
—Taylor M. Riley, The Courier-Journal, 4 Apr. 2018
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The ones then isolated will be the mullahs in Iran and their proxies.
—TIME, 20 Feb. 2024
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This episode of What’s Ahead explains why the mullahs’ getting the bomb would be a disaster for the world.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
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The mullahs who ruled in Iran took over during Carter-Mondale.
—Letters To The Editor, Orange County Register, 2 Oct. 2024
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The mullah crouched beside him and read a prayer, asking for God to show mercy on his soul.
—New York Times, 27 Aug. 2021
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The mullahs of Iran have marked a former U.S. official for death and are willing to spend six figures to see the plan through.
—The Editors, National Review, 23 Jan. 2025
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That’s a welcome message aimed at deterring the mullahs in Tehran and their agents.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2023
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The mullah, his feet in shiny leather loafers, hopped out of the vehicle, climbed onto the cargo bed and affixed the flag to the antenna.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2021
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Obama gave millions of dollars in cash on pallets to Iran to sweeten the mullahs.
—John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2019
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The mullahs have thrown billions of dollars at the development of nuclear weapons in good times and bad.
—Reuel Marc Gerecht, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2018
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This clear and present danger will concentrate the mullahs’ minds, but only for a limited time.
—The Editors, National Review, 17 Apr. 2025
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The mullahs in Tehran will be overjoyed and see signs of another U.S. President’s weakness.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2018
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The soldiers, who lived nearby and knew the villagers well, separated the mullahs and teachers and those with education from the group.
—Washington Post, 7 June 2018
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Iran’s politicians, military men and mullahs then came together to take down the premier.
—Reuel Marc Gerecht and, WSJ, 11 June 2018
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Some children attend a madrasa, or Islamic school, run by a mullah at a tiny mosque in a nearby settlement.
—New York Times, 27 Dec. 2020
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Hopefully, under those circumstances, the idea of buying peace at home by making peace abroad would appeal to the mullahs.
—Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 8 June 2018
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And if war comes, the mullahs are ready to trap America in another Middle Eastern quagmire.
—Reuel Marc Gerecht and Ray Takeyh, WSJ, 16 June 2019
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The terrorist group’s benefactors in places like Qatar are paring back their tacit support for it and, by extension, the mullahs in Tehran.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 8 Jan. 2025
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Ambassadors and chief justices can also donate with ease, as may rabbis (though not swamis or mullahs).
—Mark Vanhoenacker, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2011
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Qasem Soleimani while minimizing the actions of the courageous Iranians who oppose the mullahs.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 15 Jan. 2020
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Over the past 18 months, thousands have taken to the street to demand reforms; the mullahs have responded with lethal force, torture, and public executions.
—Stephen Witt, Popular Mechanics, 2 Mar. 2023
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The mullahs would love to get their hands on the West Bank, which has long been a territory that Israel and its allies consider to be strategically vital.
—Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2025
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Through these proxies, the mullahs became the kingmakers of Iraq’s factious politics.
—Reuel Marc Gerecht, Foreign Affairs, 7 Sep. 2023
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Millions of us fled the country in the aftermath in order to fight back and pursue the democratic future that so many people envisioned before the mullahs took over.
—Nasser Sharif, Orange County Register, 10 Feb. 2017
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But temptations of power proved too much as the mullahs and their praetorian guard indulged their taste for luxury.
—Reuel Marc Gerecht and, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2017
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Tehran’s mullahs cannot survive a sustained oil price of $60 a barrel with practically no export revenue.
—Nawaf E. Obaid, WSJ, 1 July 2018
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But once Iran goes nuclear, the notion that the mullahs would moderate if only Americans tread gently will no longer resonate.
—Ray Takeyh, Foreign Affairs, 18 Oct. 2021
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