islands
Example Sentences
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According to the National Weather Service, a high surf advisory is in effect in Catalina, the Santa Barbara islands, the Malibu Coast and all Los Angeles County beaches.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
"So Megalosaurus, Cetiosaurus and other dinosaurs would have been living on these little islands."
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
The Channel Islands, an archipelago that includes three additional islands outside the park, are nicknamed the “Galapagos of North America” for the flora and fauna found only there.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Most of the islands are, as Antelope was until this year, submerged reefs which in the past had no human settlements.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
“Yes. Extinct in Kievan Rus’, in the Northlands, in Ingria and the land of the Karelians, even all the way to the islands of Alba.”
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
