Good Hope
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Ships have been rerouted through the Cape of Good Hope.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
MLK is eligible to reapply to the Good Hope Medical Foundation, which has been “very happy” with the program’s outcomes, said Howard A. Kahn, the foundation’s chair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
Between March 1 and April 24 this year, an average of 20 commercial vessels went round the Cape of Good Hope every day compared with six in the same period in 2023.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
Shippers started to take the longer journey around the Cape of Good Hope.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
Egypt’s wheat and barley never reached the Mediterranean climate at the Cape of Good Hope until European colonists brought them in 1652, and the Khoisan never developed agriculture.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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