islands

Example Sentences

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"By reusing plastic waste that is already in Hawaii, we can reduce the environmental and economic impacts of transporting waste plastics from the islands, incinerating it or dumping it in Hawaii's overflowing landfills."

From Science Daily • Jun. 28, 2026

Cape Verde is made of a chain of islands off of the African coast that comprise about 1,500 square miles and just over 500,000 people, and they’d never before appeared at a World Cup.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2026

The prize for a side representing a group of 10 islands in the Atlantic Ocean will be to face defending champions Argentina in the last 32.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026

The couple dreamed about a Greek islands boat tour.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026

The two ships and their crews had left the sponging waters in mid-April and were now sailing in a channel between the Greek islands of Antikythera and Crete.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler