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peninsula

[puh-nin-suh-luh, -nins-yuh-luh] / pəˈnɪn sə lə, -ˈnɪns yə lə /
NOUN
projecting mass of land
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Yet the roads remain the last way for supplies to reach the peninsula.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

South Korea’s coast guard said they had detained a Chinese man in his 60s with the surname Dong in waters off the west coast of the peninsula.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Situated on a peninsula northeast of Boston, Marblehead has median household income of more than $180,000 a year and average home values of more than $1 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

In another sign of its hardening stance, North Korea deleted all references to uniting the divided peninsula from its constitution, an AFP review of the latest version this week showed.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

It swallowed up the entire peninsula, and when it was gone, South Florida had been entirely erased from the map.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz




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