island
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Some of the highest prices are in island and rural areas, including 238.8p and 223p in the Hebrides and 209.0p and 208.9p in the Northern Isles.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
“They don’t know that there’s an island there, so they’re hitting that island, pretty much daily.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Mr. Nazario’s deep affection for the island and its people is as clear as it is infectious.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Nana the seal swims 200km back to island after missing humans.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
Are you really the hero and have you been to our island?
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
Indonesia has been battling fires for weeks in parts of Borneo and Sumatra, sending suffocating haze across the islands and neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Aside from the cost and the bus islands, some residents are frustrated by the execution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Sandals has 20 resorts on eight islands in the Caribbean, they said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
On the other side of Scotland, Argyll and Bute is a geographically vast, rural council - stretching from the Glasgow commuter zone to tiny islands like Tiree and Iona.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Many game songs originated in the Georgia Sea Islands, a series of over 100 islands off the coast of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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