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Recent Examples of shah
The shah was admitted to the United States on October 22.
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Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Anderson’s account of the shah in the 1970s is a familiar story of an Icarus-like figure felled by his own hubris.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2025
Armed with advanced weaponry inherited from the last Pahlavi shah, the government launched a military campaign in Kurdistan province.
—Shukriya Bradost, The Conversation, 28 June 2025
This culminated in the Islamic Revolution of 1979 with the shah and his family fleeing to the U.S. and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returning from exile and taking power.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 25 June 2025
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Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Anderson’s account of the shah in the 1970s is a familiar story of an Icarus-like figure felled by his own hubris.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2025
Armed with advanced weaponry inherited from the last Pahlavi shah, the government launched a military campaign in Kurdistan province.
—Shukriya Bradost, The Conversation, 28 June 2025
This culminated in the Islamic Revolution of 1979 with the shah and his family fleeing to the U.S. and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returning from exile and taking power.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shah
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Edis, chief of the Landon family office and a protégé of its founder, the late swashbuckling billionaire Timothy Landon, who’s legendary as the chief political advisor to his military school chum, the sultan of Oman, notes that Swain gives Houlihan Lokey an extra edge.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
1 Nov. 2025
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Once the residence of sultans, this 17th-century landmark in Istanbul now invites discerning travelers to experience imperial grandeur infused with contemporary touches.—
Susmita Baral,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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The former prince’s accommodation will be privately funded by the King.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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The palace said the former prince will also have to move out of the Royal Lodge mansion near Windsor Castle.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
31 Oct. 2025
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Instead, these rather daring verses were composed by a Hieronymite nun for her beloved vicereine, the wife of the Spanish king’s representative in New Spain.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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That may in itself pose an ongoing risk to the monarchy's reputation if the public feel Andrew is still being protected by the king.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Following the Qianlong Garden, museum officials said Yangxindian (Hall of Mental Cultivation), the residence and administrative office for Qing emperors, is also expected to reopen this year after completing restoration work that started in 2018.—
Fred He,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Last year, at the age of eighty-six, Hopkins appeared as the Roman emperor Vespasian on TV, in Those About to Die, the thrust of his performance being to treat the show’s title with scorn.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Nizari imams claim direct descent from the Prophet Mohammed; it has been rumored that the current khan’s personal fortune is $13.3 billion.—
John Ganz,
Harper's Magazine,
22 May 2024
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Her tribe also elected her as its khan, its leader, after her father died.—
Hannah Fish,
The Christian Science Monitor,
15 Feb. 2024
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In 2015, Girls actress Allison Williams traversed the New York City subway system dressed as Belle from Beauty and the Beast (1991), looking uncannily similar to the princess.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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As the two start to fall for each other, things get complicated when Huntley discovers Victoria is a princess.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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Building on the site commenced in the 13th century under the instruction of Ibn al-Ahmar, the first member of the Nasrid family to be emir of Granada, and the sprawling compound was used by the emirs until Isabella and Ferdinand conquered the city in 1492.—
Fiona Mozley,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Oct. 2025
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Trump spoke midweek with Qatar’s emir for an update on the conversations.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
3 Oct. 2025
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Similarly, the scale, scope and depth of the AI revolution will also compel the group practice leaders, health system executives, private equity satraps and all others who now pull the strings on so many physicians to adapt to the democratization of medical knowledge.—
Michael L. Millenson,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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The ranks of the leadership are staffed, in large measure, with satraps and mediocrities.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
21 June 2025
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“Shah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shah. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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