Isle of Pines
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Then, in 1950 a French geologist compared Meyer's shards with recent finds from the Isle of Pines, south of New Caledonia, and realised that they belonged to the same tradition.
From The Guardian • Dec. 28, 2010
Prisons in Havana and on the Isle of Pines were emptied of hundreds of political prisoners.
From Time Magazine Archive
Barqu�n got six years on the Isle of Pines, but Mir�'s defense was so brilliant that he earned Batista's cordial hatred.
From Time Magazine Archive
When he planned to run away from civilization to the family plantation on the Isle of Pines in the West Indies, he found that the plantation had been put up for sale.
From Time Magazine Archive
I guess Fidel did this when he was in prison in the Isle of Pines, and so we have to do it, too.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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