island

Example Sentences

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The airspace reserved in the current alerts is hundreds of miles away from the self-governing island.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

“A U.S. blockade on oil shipments to Cuba has plunged the island into its worst energy crisis in modern history,” my colleague Kate Linthicum reported from Havana.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The checkpoint they were given was Fiskardo, a village on the Greek island of Kefalonia.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

The island is the location of Iran’s main crude export terminal, handling 85% to 95% of the country’s oil exports.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

She hated the stories Alex told about her home in the city, because she wanted to pretend that Alex could stay on the island forever and ever.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr