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Examples
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Their canvas tents will never cope with the shamals blowing in from our north, he says.
the winds eamon byrne 2011
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It was a short hiatus from the shamals that plagued Bagram during the summer.
A Nightmare’s Prayer Michael Franzak 2010
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The enemy vanished as quickly as they appeared—an apparition that transformed itself like the Afghanistan shamals, appearing out of nowhere, wreaking havoc, and then disappearing without a trace.
A Nightmare’s Prayer Michael Franzak 2010
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When the shamals came, a wall of brown dust several miles wide and a thousand feet high engulfed Bagram, blocking out sunlight and turning bright afternoons into eerie evening scenes.
A Nightmare’s Prayer Michael Franzak 2010
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