mainland
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“That’s what makes fighting a fire like this different, as opposed to mainland firefight where we can drive in trucks and equipment,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
The Indians who arrived from the mainland are also sceptical.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Wedged between Bangladesh, China and Myanmar, the northeast has long felt culturally distant from the mainland, with many from the region speaking of being treated as outsiders in their own country.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
At the time, Britain was still connected to mainland Europe, allowing people and animals to move across the landscape more easily.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2026
Later, it was the vaccine of the Reverend Hall, fetched from the mainland, that guarded the rest of the Ojibwa who had been exposed and who survived the smallpox of 1847.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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East Asia - Middle School
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