Islands
Britishplural noun
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Furthermore, foreign investors use shell companies and offshore “blocker corporations” in places like the Cayman Islands to shield billions of dollars in American income from the IRS.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Within a day, observations from the Liverpool Telescope in the Canary Islands and NASA's Swift satellite in space showed that the object displayed the expected characteristics of an LFBOT.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time visited the remote southern Kuril Islands in Russia’s far east on Thursday, a chilly archipelago that Japan claims as its own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
In the seaside resort of Palma de Majorca in the Balearic Islands, tourists, many in swimsuits, some standing in the water, watched the eclipse closely, protective glasses perched on noses.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
“He has been with Ramsay. Lady Barbrey, allow me to present the rightful Lord' of the Iron Islands, Theon of House Greyjoy.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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