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Residents proudly call the narrow strip of prosperity along the canal a Latin American Singapore.
ECONOMIST: The Panama Canal
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This area includes the disputed Posavina corridor, a narrow strip of land that Serbs now control.
CNN: Bosnia divided before and after the war
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Overhung by a cliff face studded with giant stalactites, the water is illuminated by a narrow strip of sunlight overhead.
BBC: Livin�� la vida Bonito
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Shore: narrow strip of land in immediate contact with the sea.
UNESCO: L O S S A R Y
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"As of mid-March, only a narrow strip of shelf ice was protecting several thousand kilometers of potential further break-up, " the group said.
CNN: Massive ice shelf on verge of breakup
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Dozens of mining companies are trawling the narrow strip of land abutting its 44, 087-kilometre coastline for diamonds, gold and rubies and possibly more exotic treasures.
ECONOMIST: Oil in Greenland
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Arizona also claims the third-fastest road: Route 77, which follows a narrow strip of green terrain alongside the San Pedro River as it winds through the desert.
FORBES
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Trieste is in a geographic cul-de-sac, with the Adriatic Sea to the south and west, Slovenia to the east and a narrow strip of land connecting it to the rest of Italy.
WSJ: Italian Soccer Team Employs Fake Fans
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There were graves but hardly what could be called a churchyard: no more than a narrow strip of land beside a path close to the church itself, running all the way around it.
NEWYORKER: Faith
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Taking their cue from a line in which one of the characters describes the Porters' one-room flat as "a very narrow strip of plain hell, " they have built a flat black wall five feet from the lip of the theater's stage, creating a claustrophobically narrow playing area in which the action takes place.
WSJ: Look Back in Anger | Still Angry After All These Years | Theater Review by Terry Teachout
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It takes around 45 minutes to make a full circuit of the island by motorcycle, and the road is a narrow concrete strip less than two metres across, shared between motorbikes, bicycles, pedestrians, livestock and hoards of giggling children.
BBC: Take the boat out of Bangkok