land bridge
Example Sentences
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This land bridge between east and west, he said, would be the “key to the universe” for how it could control global trade flows.
"Every fall, billions of birds pour south through the narrow land bridge of Central America," said Viviana Ruiz-Gutierrez, director of Conservation Science at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and co-author of the study.
From Science Daily
Ukrainian troops would deal a severe blow to Russian forces if they managed to regain access to the Sea of Azov from this direction, effectively cutting off Moscow’s land bridge to Crimea.
From Seattle Times
If the counteroffensive breaks the Russian defenses in the south, Ukrainian forces could attempt to reach a pair of occupied port cities on the Sea of Azov and break Russia’s land bridge to Crimea.
From Washington Times
If the counteroffensive now in its early stages breaks the Russian defenses in the south, Ukrainian forces could attempt to reach a pair of occupied port cities on the Sea of Azoz and break Russia’s land bridge to Crimea.
From Seattle Times
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