barrier
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For centuries, the ocean has threatened to swallow Nantucket, a pork-chop-shaped barrier island 30 miles off Massachusetts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
For decades, this thermal barrier has been one of the toughest challenges in engineering.
From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026
Richards believes the language barrier, which once sent her to Korea, will become less of an issue the more people embrace it.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
"Even during our religious holidays, even on Good Friday, jets fly over us and break the sound barrier just to scare us," al-Jamal said.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
Surely they’d broken the sound barrier but were moving too fast to notice.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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