Kwajalein
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Lisa Ann DeCinces was born on Feb. 16, 1958, on Kwajalein, in the Marshall Islands, the only child of James P. DeCinces, who was stationed there with the U.S.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2023
One of those clinics, the Feminist Women’s Health Center in Brookhaven, had been performing 150 to 200 abortions per week, Executive Director Kwajalein Jackson said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2022
“This poses a potential threat to the U.S. as it would only be a relatively short flight to the Ronald Reagan Missile Defense Battery on Kwajalein Atoll, and the Indo-Pacific Command in Honolulu,” he said.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 15, 2022
Army Garrison – Kwajalein Atoll, site of a crucial U.S. missile testing facility, and were a sign that Yun's appointment had injected greater momentum into the Biden administration's engagement with Pacific Island countries.
From Reuters ● Jun. 8, 2022
The cloud necessitated the hasty evacuation of nearby Marshall Islands residents to Kwajalein Island, four hundred miles distant, where they were treated for radiation sickness.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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