Long Island Sound
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The body of water separating it from the world’s most populous country is only about as wide as Long Island Sound is long.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 6, 2026
I’m supposed to be neck deep in the Long Island Sound within a minute.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
There is potentially a "bottleneck" effect in the narrower zones or, conversely, a dilution effect in the wider section of Long Island Sound.
From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2024
The water temperature in Long Island Sound was about 44 degrees, he said.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 2024
Every afternoon they boarded a boat and made their way out to the New York Athletic Club’s private retreat, Huckleberry Island, a mile off Travers Island, out in the cool waters of Long Island Sound.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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