island
Example Sentences
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Danish leaders have said Greenland isn’t up for grabs and any decisions about the island’s future lies primarily with its 57,000 residents.
Landfills are common in major Philippine cities like Cebu, which is the trading centre and transportation gateway of the Visayas, the archipelago nation's central islands.
From BBC
These include increased funding for colleges, a "fair deal" for island communities, action on delayed discharge from hospital and better care for people with autism and ADHD.
From BBC
The deployment of Soviet nuclear missile sites on the island triggered the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, when Washington and Moscow took the world to the brink of nuclear war.
From Barron's
Lihou is a small island off the west coast of Guernsey, which is only accessible at low tide and is run by a charity.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
