cay

Example Sentences

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From the point of view of the Philippines this, and the fact that Pagasa is solid land, not a partially submerged reef or sandy cay, strengthens its legal claims in the area.

From BBC • May 20, 2025

One person from the missing vessel spent 30 hours in the water before also being washed ashore at Bedwell Island, a small sandy cay within the Clarke Reef coral atoll.

From Reuters • Apr. 19, 2023

What used to be a cay is now a spit of sand encircled by a coral reef.

From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2022

And rising sea levels and storm surges led to the recent extinction of a rodent species called Bramble Cay melomys, which lived on a remote cay in the northern Great Barrier Reef, the report said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2022

It roared across the cay again, seeming even lower this time because the rush of wind from it was hot I could smell exhaust fumes.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor