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- verb Present participle of
island-hop .
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Examples
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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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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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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
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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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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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