peninsula
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The peninsula is strategically important for Moscow, as it has been used by its forces to launch drones and missiles at the rest of Ukraine.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Sprawling along a windswept peninsula where the Sahara meets the Atlantic, the city of Dakhla certainly looked attractive.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
“You are all set to go,” a U.S. military officer radioed as the ship glided through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday and swung around the peninsula at the northern end of Oman.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
"THAAD still remains on the peninsula currently," Xavier Brunson said at a US Senate committee hearing in Washington.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
Actually it was not a lodge at all, just eight or nine tiny yellow cabins clustered on a peninsula that jutted northward into the Rainy River.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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