atoll
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The rescue spacecraft developed by the US startup Katalyst is slated to lift off Tuesday at 1023 GMT from a Pacific Ocean atoll aboard a small rocket named Pegasus.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
The first body of an Italian diver, who was a member of the group, was recovered shortly after Thursday's accident near Vaavu atoll.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
“I want my money, and I want to go home,” says Markuse Michel, 64, who remembers swimming in azure waters and kicking a soccer ball around with his friends on Peros Banhos atoll.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
The operation concerned a 50-mile-wide atoll, Rongelap Island, in the Marshall Islands.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025
A great radioactive cloud was deposited on the tiny atoll of Rongalap, 150 kilometers away, where the inhabitants likened the explosion to the Sun rising in the West.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing atoll
Physical Geography - Middle School
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Physical Geography - High School
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Pacific Islands - Introductory
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