inland

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The missiles create a “multilayered offensive kill network” enabling Japan to strike targets along the coasts as well as inland areas of neighboring countries, the Chinese military’s flagship newspaper, PLA Daily, said in March.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

This includes several separate strikes on the key Baltic Sea ports of Ust-Luga and Primorsk as well as an attack on the nearby inland Kirishi oil refinery.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

These fish are critical for maintaining healthy rivers, supporting major inland fisheries, and providing food and livelihoods for hundreds of millions of people.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

Up to 250,000 barrels per day of oil-demand losses are possible in April if inland stocks are low, they said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

Since the Macassans thus came only in small numbers and for temporary visits and never penetrated inland, just a few groups of Australians on a small stretch of coast were exposed to them.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond