island

Example Sentences

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Some of the prisoners are Cubans who had been living abroad but were arrested when they visited the island.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“A U.S. blockade on oil shipments to Cuba has plunged the island into its worst energy crisis in modern history,” my colleague Kate Linthicum reported from Havana.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The checkpoint they were given was Fiskardo, a village on the Greek island of Kefalonia.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Alcatraz, which opened as a federal penitentiary in 1934, was once considered among the most secure prisons in the United States due to its isolated island location and the strong currents surrounding it.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Then one day, when the baby had grown into a very little girl, he’d found this island.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr