island
Example Sentences
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And then: “I hope you keep the island. We all may need to live there.”
The Caribbean island has long been dependent on supplies of Venezuelan oil, which ceased last month after Maduro’s capture.
An AFP analysis of official statistics found that the island generated only half the electricity it needed last year.
From Barron's
“Bad Bunny makes so many different references to the experience of being Puerto Rican, whether on the island or a part of the diaspora.”
The man said his rainmaking days were over and he was going to some island where it never rains a drop.
From Literature
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