isthmus
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Roosevelt was intrigued by the military and commercial possibilities of a canal across the isthmus, cutting 8,000 miles off a New York-San Francisco voyage.
From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026
Paterson persuaded the Scottish parliament to establish a new enterprise based on England’s East India Company to found a Scottish colony on the narrow isthmus joining North and South America.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
The migrant route through the narrow isthmus grew exponentially in popularity in recent years with the help of organized crime in Colombia, making it an affordable, if dangerous, land route for hundreds of thousands.
From Seattle Times • May 10, 2024
Many gay and trans people in Mexico City and elsewhere call themselves muxes — though community leaders here, concerned about cultural appropriation, say only Zapotec people from the isthmus can qualify.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2024
Downcountry a storm had passed over the isthmus and leveled the dead black trees from east to west like weeds in the floor of a stream.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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