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nesses

noun

plural of ness

as in peninsulas

an area of high ground jutting out into a body of water beyond the line of the coast from atop the ness, there was a beautiful view of the coastline as it stretched for miles into the distance

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an area of land that juts out into a body of water the little skiff rounded the tip of the ness

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Noun

The island is already home to Discovery Land Company’s Barbuda Ocean Club, which encompasses 900 acres across the western and southern peninsulas of Coco Point and Palmetto Point.

— Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026
Key sections include the northern Kullaleden and Bjäre peninsulas and the coastal Österlen Way in the east — a quieter alternative to the more popular Stockholm Archipelago routes.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026

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Faena staff in luxurious red capes circled around them, serving light bites and cold martinis.

— Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 30 July 2026
Thousands of fans — treated with Doctor Doom masks and capes — waited nearly days to get a glimpse of Feige’s grand plan for the next era of the MCU.

— Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 26 July 2026

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La Familia’s Darryl Morsell had 10 points and six rebounds while Chris Coffee had nine points and eight rebounds.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
The Storm’s home-court woes continued Tuesday night as the Fever earned a 103-95 road win behind Caitlin Clark’s team-high 32 points.

— Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026

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Twenty-one hundred miles can already be walked, allowing visitors to view England’s famous headlands, cliffs, beaches, and dunes, as well as castles, oceanside resorts, and wartime relics.

— Gloria Liu, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026
Once twilight fades, the cliffs and headlands nearby become excellent places to watch for bright Perseid meteors.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 15 July 2026

Definition of headlands

Noun

The town is worried about the effect the wall would have on a series of berms and levees built in the 1970s and 1980s along the Rio Grande and tributaries to combat flooding.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
In the early hours of July 13, 1951 — a day now remembered as Black Friday — water breached the levees protecting Argentine, then swept into Armourdale, the West Bottoms, and the Fairfax industrial district.

— Michelle Oliva-Espinosa, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026

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