Cotentin
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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For his last day on Normandy’s Cotentin Peninsula, he was ready to hit the road along the English Channel to visit a patient.
From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2021
It was essential that the paratroopers hook up with the invading forces and then push up the Cotentin Peninsula to the port city of Cherbourg.
From Seattle Times • May 15, 2019
Cushions believed to be from the plane were found on a beach near Surtainville, on France's Cotentin Peninsula, last week.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2019
In the morning, our ship arrived in Cherbourg, at the tip of Normandy’s Cotentin Peninsula and stayed 14 hours.
From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2017
He said something about a British airborne division seizing bridgeheads and two American airborne divisions stopping enemy troops from moving into the Cotentin Peninsula.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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