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island

[ahy-luhnd] / ˈaɪ lənd /


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Jersey Consumer Council encouraged householders to use its website which compares the cost of petrol, diesel and home heating oil , externalacross the island.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

The difference helps explain why the island of Mallorca, struggling with overtourism, wants fewer budget-minded European vacationers and more high-spending Americans.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

"Widow's Bay" stars Matthew Rhys as a wacky New England mayor who is trying to boost tourism on his island, which residents believe is haunted.

From Barron's Sep. 12, 2026

Witnesses and news agencies reported that Houthi forces moved on to the island.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

Was it another island adrift like the one we were on?

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

Okinawan opposition to the U.S. presence goes back to World War II, when the U.S. occupied the islands following some of the bloodiest fighting of the war.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

Many rely on cheap and poorly regulated boats and ships for transport between the country's more than 7,000 islands, despite regular accidents.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

A pilot of the scheme has already been rolled out in the Highlands and islands, but Swinney has not said when it would be extended to the rest of the country.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

Anak Krakatau, which means Child of Krakatau, sits in a strait that separates the islands of Java and Sumatra.

From Barron's Sep. 7, 2026

Which is fitting, because the small islands here remind me of emeralds in the rough.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day




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