variants
or less commonly suq
: a marketplace in northern Africa or the Middle East
also
: a stall in such a marketplace
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Lamia is laser-focused on fulfilling her cake-baking duty, but Bibi has made this trip with another purpose, one that divides the two and sets Lamia on a quest through the city’s thoroughfares and backstreets and bustling souk, with its hawkers and their wares.
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Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
The storytelling can come through in so many ways, whether via ingredient origins (like scoping out a new scent at a souk in Dubai) or discovering a luxurious addition to the fragrance (like the inclusion of long-lasting and expensive oud).
—Catharine Malzahn, Glamour, 24 Apr. 2025
Grand Finale: In Abu Dhabi, artist Christopher Joshua Benton weaves community stories into a monumental carpet installation
Abu Dhabi’s 30,000-square-foot carpet souk.
—Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 25 Mar. 2025
This checkerboard bolster pillow looks like if a checkerboard souk rug and a bolster pillow had a baby, combining to a very playful, lighthearted effect.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 14 Mar. 2025
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Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
The storytelling can come through in so many ways, whether via ingredient origins (like scoping out a new scent at a souk in Dubai) or discovering a luxurious addition to the fragrance (like the inclusion of long-lasting and expensive oud).
—Catharine Malzahn, Glamour, 24 Apr. 2025
Grand Finale: In Abu Dhabi, artist Christopher Joshua Benton weaves community stories into a monumental carpet installation
Abu Dhabi’s 30,000-square-foot carpet souk.
—Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 25 Mar. 2025
This checkerboard bolster pillow looks like if a checkerboard souk rug and a bolster pillow had a baby, combining to a very playful, lighthearted effect.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 14 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for souk
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“Souk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/souk. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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