atoll
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Few countries are more exposed to climate change than Tuvalu in the South Pacific, an atoll chain reckoning with rising seas, acidifying oceans and outbreaks of tropical disease.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
A single atoll in the Seychelles serves as home to hundreds of thousands of tortoises, while millions of flamingoes flock annually to Lake Natron in Tanzania.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
The airbase on the small, remote atoll is strategically located and is capable of accommodating long-range bombers.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2026
As Bonlieu toiled away in Auckland, Warrior crew members were moving a community of cancer-stricken Marshall Islanders, ignored by the American government that had irradiated their atoll, to a new home.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025
On the second day his company was assembled on the top deck and told that they were moving toward Tarawa atoll, where they would go ashore at Betio, a strongly defended island.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
Vocabulary lists containing atoll
Physical Geography - Middle School
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Physical Geography - High School
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Pacific Islands - Introductory
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