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Kiska

American  
[kis-kuh] / ˈkɪs kə /

noun

  1. an island in extreme SW Alaska, in Rat group, in the W Aleutian Islands: Attu lies to its W.


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Coast Guard patrol board encountered seven Chinese and Russian naval vessels cooperating in an exercise last year about 86 miles north of Alaska’s Kiska Island.

From Washington Times Jun. 18, 2023

Kiska, who was captured in Icelandic waters in 1979, was around 47 years old.

From Reuters Mar. 11, 2023

Coast Guard cutter on a routine patrol near Alaska’s Kiska Island ran into a convoy of Chinese and Russian naval vessels, according to the Coast Guard.

From Washington Post Jan. 20, 2023

But it was really Peter Kujawski and Kiska Higgs at Focus basically saying, “Write whatever you like.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 10, 2023

Kiska, who could read minds, had been the last led away by Korako, never to return.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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