Windward Passage
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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“And,” she told Truthout, “the Windward Passage and a history the enslaving nations must rewrite.”
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2019
Many hotels are closed, or open only to relief workers, like the Windward Passage Hotel on St. Thomas.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2017
Last week, in the Windward Passage between Cuba and Haiti, the cruise was nearing its end when the real thing did happen.
From Time Magazine Archive
Northernmost and strongest is the stretch from the Strait of Florida to the Windward Passage between Cuba and Haiti.
From Time Magazine Archive
She would there be as near the Windward Passage as Curaçao is, and yet able, in case of necessity, to proceed by the Yucatan Passage or in any direction that might meanwhile become expedient.
From Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
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