archipelago
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In 2019, the International Court of Justice recommended that Britain hand the archipelago to Mauritius.
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
The Maldives opposes Mauritian control of the Chagos Islands and argues it has historical claims to the archipelago dating back centuries.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Heavy rains continued to fall on the archipelago in the early hours of Saturday morning.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
“This dispersal across Europe, like an archipelago of power, will complicate our adversaries’ calculus,” Macron said while standing in front of a French nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarine at France’s Île Longue base off the Brittany coast.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
The Orléans archipelago is a string of islands stretching like a rose with a crooked stem out into the warm sea.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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