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atoll

[at-awl, -ol, -ohl, uh-tawl, uh-tol, uh-tohl] / ˈæt ɔl, -ɒl, -oʊl, əˈtɔl, əˈtɒl, əˈtoʊl /
NOUN
island
Synonyms
STRONGEST


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The first body of an Italian diver, who was a member of the group, was recovered shortly after Thursday's accident near Vaavu atoll.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

“I want my money, and I want to go home,” says Markuse Michel, 64, who remembers swimming in azure waters and kicking a soccer ball around with his friends on Peros Banhos atoll.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Under a contentious deal inked with Australia this year, the island nation will provide 30-year visas for up to 350 immigrants -- many convicted of serious crimes -- for resettlement on the barren atoll.

From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025

The operation concerned a 50-mile-wide atoll, Rongelap Island, in the Marshall Islands.

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025

A great radioactive cloud was deposited on the tiny atoll of Rongalap, 150 kilometers away, where the inhabitants likened the explosion to the Sun rising in the West.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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