Adak
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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If either volcano erupts, the closest community affected would be Adak, 65 miles from the volcanoes.
From Washington Times • Mar. 10, 2023
Lily, 11, and Anna, 8, sisters who live on remote Adak Island, Alaska, spent the year extraordinarily separate from the world.
From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2021
—Permits: You’ll need a land use permit from the Aleut Corporation to hunt or hike on Adak.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2021
For years, Adak was a Cold War outpost for Army and Navy barracks, but it was decommissioned in the early 1990s, and the McDonald’s there was abandoned.
From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2020
Senior West Bengal police official Dilip Kumar Adak has previously said all eight alleged attackers had been identified, and Friday's announcement takes the number of suspects held to eight.
From BBC • May 8, 2015
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