Long Island Sound
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The body of water separating it from the world’s most populous country is only about as wide as Long Island Sound is long.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 6, 2026
I’m supposed to be neck deep in the Long Island Sound within a minute.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
There is potentially a "bottleneck" effect in the narrower zones or, conversely, a dilution effect in the wider section of Long Island Sound.
From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2024
It's a case that has attracted attention far beyond this city of 150,000 people on the north shore of Long Island Sound, about an hour from New York City.
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2024
One of them was Abraham Woodhull, who lived in Setauket, on Long Island Sound, across from Connecticut.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
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