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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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On Monday evening, South Korean fishermen spotted a suspicious rubber boat in the waters between China and the Korean Peninsula.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Her byline has appeared in LAist, the Pleasanton Weekly, Peninsula Press and the Bulletin magazine.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Daltun is based on the Beara Peninsula in west Cork and his 73 acre farm overlooks the Atlantic ocean and the Skellig Islands.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

This pattern pushed frigid Arctic air southeastward across the Alaska Peninsula.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

Peninsula Luggage was a sales and repair shop in San Mateo, a town about thirty miles north of where we lived.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi




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