island-hopping love

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  • verb Present participle of island-hop.

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Examples

  • None of the island-hopping, or bold break-out moves of the next conflict.

    William Bradley: The Return of Jerry Brown William Bradley 2011

  • None of the island-hopping, or bold break-out moves of the next conflict.

    William Bradley: The Return of Jerry Brown William Bradley 2011

  • At the time it made sense to keep the story of the attack under wraps, at least for a few weeks, because the force my father was covering was massing on the north shore of New Guinea for a surprise attack on Buna, the first ground assault in MacArthur's island-hopping campaign to roll the Japanese back to Tokyo.

    John Darnton: Accidental Fire John Darnton 2011

  • None of the island-hopping, or bold break-out moves of the next conflict.

    William Bradley: The Return of Jerry Brown William Bradley 2011

  • She runs Greek cookery courses in London at Leith's Cookery School, and supperclubs see facebook.com/GreekCookery … FOR BOUTIQUE HOTELS The Dodecanese islands, just off the Turkish coast, still see their share of island-hopping backpackers, but they're acquiring a new breed of luxurious boutique hotels, designed to complement local architecture.

    Insiders' guide to Greece 2011

  • At the time it made sense to keep the story of the attack under wraps, at least for a few weeks, because the force my father was covering was massing on the north shore of New Guinea for a surprise attack on Buna, the first ground assault in MacArthur's island-hopping campaign to roll the Japanese back to Tokyo.

    John Darnton: Accidental Fire John Darnton 2011

  • She runs Greek cookery courses in London at Leith's Cookery School, and supperclubs see facebook.com/GreekCookery … FOR BOUTIQUE HOTELS The Dodecanese islands, just off the Turkish coast, still see their share of island-hopping backpackers, but they're acquiring a new breed of luxurious boutique hotels, designed to complement local architecture.

    Insiders' guide to Greece 2011

  • Americans seem to have practically forgotten the bloody island-hopping battles that the Marines and the Army fought to pave the way for the invasion of Japan, literally --- pretty much the first thing we did after securing an island was build a landing strip for the bombers and cargo planes that would be taking off to bomb and then supply the next island.

    Where we won the War we started by almost losing it 2010

  • Even if it took nearly 10 years, the skillful tracking and daring attack on al Qaeda's founder shows that democracies can prevail in such a struggle and is as notable as landmark victories of other wars that involved the taking of cities or island-hopping.

    Victory in Abbottabad 2011

  • None of the island-hopping, or bold break-out moves of the next conflict.

    William Bradley: The Return of Jerry Brown William Bradley 2011

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