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isthmus

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a narrow geographic area that connects two larger geographic areas across a body of water the Isthmus of Panama

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Recent Examples of isthmus But this Central American country – a narrow isthmus stretching for 500 miles between Costa Rica (to the west) and Colombia (to the east) – offers far more to interest the curious traveller, said David Amsden in Condé Nast Traveller. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 29 Mar. 2026 The city was built on an isthmus — a thin strip of land between two bodies of water. — Berly McCoy, NPR, 27 Feb. 2026 Mehmet Yaren Bozgun / Anadolu via Getty Images The Mexican government plans to turn the isthmus into a strategic corridor for international trade, with ports and rail lines that can connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. — CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025 In 2003, a momentous discovery on the Ness of Brodgar, a narrow isthmus just north of Stenness, transformed perceptions of prehistoric Orkney. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for isthmus

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Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, who is stationed at Futenma Air Station, on suspicion of strangling Anna Yagi, 39, at a hotel in the island's capital city, Naha, early Saturday and stealing her wallet and backpack.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
The group has properties in multiple destination towns and cities, from the old capital of Ayutthaya to the island of Phuket.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026

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