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Barring a sensational 'sheik'-up, 25 points and back to Championship football.— Express & Star
Today, the sheik is a convicted terrorist, serving time in an American— NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias
I am off duty now, and as the sheik is not to arrive for three days I will go down to Dongola.— The Dash for Khartoum A Tale of Nile Expedition
The sheik, therefore, left his guests to be entertained by two or three others who had joined in the potations, and making the best assurances he could by means of signs, of his continued amity, he left the tent.— Homeward Bound or, the Chase
The next morning he proposed to hunt for the sheik, and offered to lead an assault in person.— Brewster's Millions

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