sheik

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Noun
  • At the time, Zeta-Jones was aware of his reputation as a Hollywood womanizer and wary of starting a relationship with him.
    — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The piece follows the fall of the notorious libertine, a reckless womanizer, ignoring many supernatural warnings until a ghostly stone attempts to have its way with his soul.
    — David John Chávez, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Markenscoff-Papadimitriou’s team wanted to know what was happening to the foxes’ brains.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Connie, whose cake is like glue inside, and Gary are once again at the bottom, with Gabe’s dynamite dinosaur and Tom’s foxy fox placing them at the top.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2026
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“Sheik.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheik. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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