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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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For Michigan, the forecast is essentially divided up between the two peninsulas, but the throughline appears to be milder temperatures and below-average snowfall.

— Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2026
Permafrost changes underway in 2026 The Seward and Baldwin peninsulas in northwestern Alaska are hot spots for lakes suddenly draining.

— Anna Liljedahl, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of peninsulas

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Tracing the length of one of these wild, winding promontories is the glorious, 46-mile Queen Charlotte Track, says Helen Pickles in The Times.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 30 Aug. 2026
The promontories rising on each side of the Strait of Gibraltar are known as the Pillars of Hercules.

— Elizabeth Fernandez, Big Think, 4 Sep. 2025

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Omissions typically include history elements, exam findings, medication details or assessment points.

— Pat Williams, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Despite the final score, this one wasn’t easy; the Americans faced their biggest deficit in the tournament in a long time, trailing by 14 points in the first half.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

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One of the biggest changes was to replace the long, rock groins originally proposed with short, landscaped headlands.

— Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of headlands

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Currently, only around 15% of Pennsylvania’s levees are accredited by FEMA.

— Kaleigh Yost, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
Before floodwater began to rise, Abigail Erikson hadn’t planned to spend hours filling sandbags to save the community of Rocky Ripple as levees threatened failure.

— Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 20 Aug. 2026

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