isle

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She first flew from San Francisco to Tahiti and then onwards to the isle of Mangareva in outer French Polynesia.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Based in the British-owned isle of Jersey, CoinShares previously traded on Nasdaq Stockholm in Sweden.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

The 24-hour guard-gated island is home to fewer than 50 single-family homes—which occupy about three quarters of the isle, while the rest is home to a few condo buildings and hotels.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026

In the new film, the duo head to the isle of Capri, where Lively’s character is about to marry a wealthy Italian businessman.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2025

Then of his touching Aiolos’s isle and how that king refitted him for sailing to Ithaka; all vain: gales blew him back groaning over the fishcold sea.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer