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island

[ahy-luhnd] / ˈaɪ lənd /


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Around 370,000 people across a swath of the country from Shikoku island in western Japan to Tokyo have been urged to evacuate, the government said in a statement.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

The island sits at the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz and gives Tehran control over ships’ movement through the crucial waterway.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

The project includes the construction of hotel complexes on the uninhabited island of Sazan and in the protected coastal area of Vjosa-Narta, located in the southern community of Zvernec.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Morten Abildstrøm, a Danish Environmental Agency official on the island of Anholt, told daily newspaper Jyllands Posten that the whale would be cut into pieces after veterinarians and researchers had travelled there to take samples.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

In the kitchen, the food was taken and placed on an island.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows




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