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  • noun the world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern Africa

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Examples

  • With its vast uninhabited spaces crisscrossed by country borders that are almost entirely unsupervised, the Sahara Desert, which is larger than the continental United States, may be the most lawless zone on the planet.

    Letter from Timbuktu Merrill, Austin 2007

  • The resolution of the conflict in Darfur and the implementation of the CPA framework throughout the territory of Sudan would also place the country in a unique position to strengthen African unity, across the Sahara Desert, which is an important goal as the African Union pursues the strategic goal of African unity.

    ANC Today 2006

  • The resolution of the conflict in Darfur and the implementation of the CPA framework throughout the territory of Sudan would also place the country in a unique position to strengthen African unity, across the Sahara Desert, which is an important goal as the African Union pursues the strategic goal of African unity.

    ANC Today 2006

  • The Sahara Desert was a tremendous barrier to movements southward.

    Africa and the American Negro...Addresses and Proceedings of the Congress on Africa Held Under the Auspices of the Stewart Missionary Foundation for Africa of Gammon Theological Seminary in Connection with the Cotton States and International Exposition December 13-15, 1895. John Wesley Edward 1896

  • Algerian exports to China barely top $300 million because China is a latecomer to the North African country's biggest asset, the oil and gas under its portion of the Sahara Desert, which is dominated by U.S. firms.

    Market News 2010

  • Algerian exports to China barely top $300 million because China is a latecomer to the North African country's biggest asset, the oil and gas under its portion of the Sahara Desert, which is dominated by U.S. firms.

    Market News 2010

  • Algerian exports to China barely top $300 million because China is a latecomer to the North African nation's biggest asset, the oil and gas under its portion of the Sahara Desert, which is dominated by U.S. firms.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2010

  • Algerian exports to China barely top $300 million because China is a latecomer to the North African nation's biggest asset, the oil and gas under its portion of the Sahara Desert, which is dominated by U.S. firms.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • Algerian exports to China barely top $300 million because China is a latecomer to the North African nation's biggest asset, the oil and gas under its portion of the Sahara Desert, which is dominated by U.S. firms.

    WISTV - Local News RSS 2010

  • Algerian exports to China barely top $300 million because China is a latecomer to the North African nation's biggest asset, the oil and gas under its portion of the Sahara Desert, which is dominated by U.S. firms.

    ajc.com - News 2010

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