peninsula
Example Sentences
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He’s rendered the Ka‘ena peninsula from the perspective of the ocean, so that the land is reaching out to the viewer. On the shore, so small that you might miss them, are three people. “
From Literature
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He was still asleep when the boat butted against the rocks of the sphinxes’ peninsula.
From Literature
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Someone instructs you to tear off pieces and dip them in the accompanying guava and plantain chutneys, silky chickpea curry and punchy pepper jelly, pooled around a peninsula of tangy cultured butter.
It swallowed up the entire peninsula, and when it was gone, South Florida had been entirely erased from the map.
From Literature
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Any civilian involvement would be "a serious crime that threatens peace on the Korean peninsula", he warned.
From Barron's
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