Qaboos bin Said

/ (kəˈbuːs bɪn ˈsaɪd) /

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noun

born 1940, Sultan of Oman from 1970

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Words nearby Qaboos bin Said

pzazz, Q, QA, qabalah, Qabis, Qaboos bin Said, Qadarite, Qadariyah, Qaddafi, Qaddafi, Muammar, Qaddish

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You were basically the guy to do every dictator or crazy character, from Gaddafi and Ahmadinejad to Bin Laden.
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The 2001 grand jury indictment named 21 suspects as being involved in the U.S. embassy bombings, including Osama bin Laden.
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Fellow SEAL Matt Bissonnette also claims to have shot bin Laden.
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Yet I had serious trouble understanding how to cheer on the news of Bin Laden or anyone else dying.
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In the mid-1990s, some visitors did begin to show up due to the construction efforts of Osama Bin Laden.
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He told Horner you'd bin shot resistin' arrest, an' wanted t' see her afore yuh cashed in.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Our picture shows a bin of crude up-river Para the finest rubber known.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge|Various
As soon as he gets Miss Holland they go up by leaps and bounds, and it's bin goin' steady ever since.
The Creators|May Sinclair
Uncle Bin never flung that accusation at women if they were merely implicated.
In the Onyx Lobby|Carolyn Wells
No, Sir, what you smell ain't incense—on'y the vaults after the damp weather we've bin 'aving.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 108, April 6, 1895|Various

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