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peninsula

[puh-nin-suh-luh, -nins-yuh-luh] / pəˈnɪn sə lə, -ˈnɪns yə lə /
NOUN
projecting mass of land
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Working with the Kastrati family, a large Albanian business owner whose name adorns gas stations around the country, they put together a deal to buy land on the peninsula.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

While this is by far the largest whale graveyard yet found, fossils found during trawling suggest there could be others off South Africa, the Iberian peninsula and the Crozet islands, said the study.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Yet the roads remain the last way for supplies to reach the peninsula.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Shipping companies including MSC and Maersk are trucking goods across the Arabian peninsula.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

In March, the Red Army began fighting in Crimea, a huge peninsula in the Black Sea on the southern edge of Ukraine, the Soviet state that produced most of the nation’s food.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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