Cairns
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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When I graduated, my father gave me $400 for a one-way plane ticket to Cairns, about 3,000 miles northeast of us.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026
The last fatal attack offshore between Townsville and Cairns was in 1990, he said.
From Barron's • May 24, 2026
Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns called the social media video "deeply concerning" and said there must be a "full and comprehensive investigation into what happened".
From BBC • May 21, 2026
Zach Cairns, also from Portadown, has been working as an optician in Dubai for the past six years.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026
If things had gone as planned, I would have been arriving in Cairns right about now.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
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