mainland

Example Sentences

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“I don’t know. When he was with my mom, he did. But with Steph —that’s his fiancée—he seems pretty happy on the mainland.”

From Literature

A couple attempting to walk the coastline of mainland Great Britain plan to re-start their journey after their first attempt had to be abandoned when one of them suffered an injury.

From BBC

He then launched a world tour in support of the album -- but with no scheduled stops on the US mainland, out of fear that federal immigration agents would target concertgoers.

From Barron's

Last week, border police stopped a car crossing from Hong Kong into the neighboring mainland Chinese city of Shenzhen.

From The Wall Street Journal

Coyotes could be leaving the mainland because the Bay Area is becoming too crowded, Brett Furnas, a wildlife ecologist with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, told the Los Angeles Times.

From BBC