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a ring-shaped land mass surrounded by water and made of coral
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Recent Examples of atoll
Tuvalu is located in the South Pacific, and is composed of several atolls and reef islands.
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Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 1 Oct. 2024
Brando hired him to construct a home on the 12-island atoll of Tetiaroa, Tahiti.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Fixing maritime boundaries means atoll nations can continue to reap the economic benefit of vast fishing grounds, even if populations must migrate as dry land area is significantly reduced.
—Reuters, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024
By collecting coral samples from different reefs around the atoll and analyzing their genetics, the researchers investigated the expansion of rice coral.
—Fanni Szakal, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
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Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 1 Oct. 2024
Brando hired him to construct a home on the 12-island atoll of Tetiaroa, Tahiti.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Fixing maritime boundaries means atoll nations can continue to reap the economic benefit of vast fishing grounds, even if populations must migrate as dry land area is significantly reduced.
—Reuters, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024
By collecting coral samples from different reefs around the atoll and analyzing their genetics, the researchers investigated the expansion of rice coral.
—Fanni Szakal, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
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Despite sharing the same Caribbean island of Hispaniola, Haiti and the Dominican Republic have vastly different cultures and economies.Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 15 Dec. 2024
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Francis, originally from Argentina and the first pope from the Americas, has traveled widely around the Mediterranean since becoming pontiff in 2013, visiting Malta, the Greek island of Lesbos, and the Italian island of Lampedusa.Reuters, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
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The unspoiled cays are home to a national marine park, where visitors can snorkel with sea turtles.Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2024
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The country itself consists of 32 different islands and cays, including the island of Canouan which has become a popular destination for tourists due to the new hotels opening, including a Soho House.Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
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The Russian and Chinese aircraft then flew in formation south of Dokdo, a group of South Korean islets in the East Sea that is claimed by Japan as Takeshima.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
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Earlier Thursday, the typhoon’s eye blew about 110 kilometers (68 miles) east of the northernmost Philippine province of Batanes, a cluster of islands and islets of about 19,000 people.ASSOCIATED PRESS, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
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The building’s facade was inspired by a coral reef and has a curved glass exterior.Emma Reynolds, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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But these tropical itineraries also have activities abound—from hiking through nature reserves and snorkeling among coral reefs to shopping for local trinkets and goodies.Scott Laird, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Atoll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atoll. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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