mainland
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Last year, the U.S. imposed sanctions on five more companies in Hong Kong and one in the mainland Chinese city of Shenzhen for allegedly acquiring Western parts and tools for making Iranian drones.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
The Taiwanese microchip factory is almost visible from mainland China.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
Seizing Kharg Island and the islands near the mainland would require an amphibious landing on a contested shoreline, among “the hardest operations” a military can attempt, and one that Iran is almost certainly prepared for.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
Beavers are native to the British mainland but they were hunted to extinction in the 16th Century.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
They were safely harbored in the narrow waters, with a long, rocky island to starboard and the sheer white cliffs of the mainland to port.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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