Good Hope
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Shippers started to take the longer journey around the Cape of Good Hope.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
In reaction, shipping companies are rerouting tankers, often via the Cape of Good Hope at the bottom of South Africa.
From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026
The fix to avoid the Red Sea crossing is a rerouting of ships around South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope, but that adds days to trips.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026
Why didn’t Chinese ships proceed around Africa’s southern cape westward and colonize Europe, before Vasco da Gama’s own three puny ships rounded the Cape of Good Hope eastward and launched Europe’s colonization of East Asia?
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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