peninsula
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“I’m highly concerned,” said Matt Taylor, 55, a resident of Long Beach’s peninsula, who was out Tuesday morning helping clear the street of debris after flooding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The story of who actually owns the land on the Zvernec peninsula, where Kushner and company are planning their villas, is a long and messy one.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
Texas-based Greenland Energy intends to spend about $60 million on exploring sites on the Jameson Land peninsula in eastern Greenland, alongside British mining company 80 Mile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
The charity said the Lizard was the prime breeding ground for the Cornish chough with 26 chicks, 11 more than 2025, emerging from eight nests on the peninsula.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Gertie and the others also learn of a three-month battle on the peninsula of Bataan, which the Japanese won.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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"In all these periods, the present-day islands and peninsulas of Ayvalık would have formed interior zones within an expansive terrestrial environment," explains co-author Professor Kadriye Özçelik, from Ankara University.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2025
There are vast areas around Eureka, next to Humboldt Bay, where there are long, skinny peninsulas that could make an evacuation challenging.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2025
A couple of peninsulas away, signs around the scenic Bay Run mark where mangroves have been ripped from the banks of Iron Cove.
From BBC ● May 11, 2024
How many businesses opened on islands and peninsulas in Washington, courting tourists with restaurants, bed-and-breakfasts and boutiques?
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2024
Europe has a highly indented coastline, with five large peninsulas that approach islands in their isolation, and all of which evolved independent languages, ethnic groups, and governments: Greece, Italy, Iberia, Denmark, and Norway/Sweden.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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