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cay

[key, kee] / keɪ, ki /
NOUN
small island
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"I am heartbroken over the recent boat accident in unpredictable seas and high winds that caused by beloved Lynette to fall from our small dinghy near Elbow Cay in the Bahamas," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

The "illegal" Florida-registered boat was detected one nautical mile from Falcones Cay in Villa Clara province, the ministry said in a brief statement.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

Norwegian owns Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas, one of the biggest private islands in the industry, but industry-watchers say its development plans have been slow-going.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

The Cay Skin founder, who is a spokesperson for the skin condition vitiligo, first connected with Kuzma in early 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025

One patch of new ground that made us particularly proud emerged from David Cay Johnston’s obsessive mining of tax records and other government statistics.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times




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