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Example sentences for: opium

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His heir, Humayun, preferred opium and astrology to complex State affairs; he was driven out of India into Persia by General Sher Shah, who proved to be a much more able ruler.
However, the wily British soon thought of an alternative commodity: opium (see page 41).
Earlier this week, the Pakistani paper Dawn ran an editorial about reports that Pakistani poppy growers are planning to recultivate opium on a bigger scale because they haven't received promised compensation for switching to other crops.
His attempts to limit the opium trade met with resistance by the Chinese in Bau, who revolted.
Then, at about the turn of the 19th century, wily foreign traders thought of an alternative medium of payment — opium.