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- noun Plural form of
atoll .
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Examples
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In 1943, during World War II, U.S. forces seized control of Tarawa and Makin atolls from the Japanese.
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In 1943, during World War II, U.S. forces seized control of Tarawa and Makin atolls from the Japanese.
unknown title 2009
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In 1943, during World War II, U.S. forces seized control of Tarawa and Makin atolls from the Japanese.
Fore, right! 2009
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In 1943, during World War II, U.S. forces seized control of Tarawa and Makin atolls from the Japanese.
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Life, the photojournalism magazine created by Henry R. Luce (loos), was first published. during World War II, U.S. forces seized control of Tarawa and Makin (MAH'-kihn) atolls from the Japanese. most U.S. wartime rationing of foods, including meat and butter, was set to expire by day's end.
ABC7 News 2008
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US forces seized control of Tarawa and Makin atolls from the Japanese.
The New Editor 2008
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Waterworld imagines have banded together to form floating villages called "atolls" - dreary fortifications designed to keep out the marauding riffraff who terrorize the post-apocalyptic seascape.
Slate Magazine 2009
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The third class are called atolls; each is irregularly ring-shaped and almost entirely encloses a sheet of water, called a lagoon.
Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Jewett Castello Gilson
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It was found to be one of those peculiar circular reefs surrounding a lagoon, called atolls, which exist in some quantity in the Pacific.
The Life of Captain James Cook Kitson, Arthur 1907
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In 1943, during World War II, _________ forces seized control of the Tarawa and Makin atolls from the Japanese.
NYT > Home Page By KATHERINE SCHULTEN 2011
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