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Under the draft deal, a resettlement fund would be created to help displaced islanders move back to the islands, apart from Diego Garcia.
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Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
But, since the 1970s, islanders have occasionally reported snake sightings.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
When the Western military left, islanders created makeshift imitations of the infrastructure — control towers built from bamboo, a plane carved from wood — in the hope that this ritual would cause more cargo to arrive.
—Laura Regensdorf Katharine Sohn Laura Bannister Osman Can Yerebakan Shannon Adducci, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Polynesian culture seamlessly integrates hospitality, and both the crew and the islanders were happy to share their beliefs and traditions.
—Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 24 Mar. 2025
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Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
But, since the 1970s, islanders have occasionally reported snake sightings.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
When the Western military left, islanders created makeshift imitations of the infrastructure — control towers built from bamboo, a plane carved from wood — in the hope that this ritual would cause more cargo to arrive.
—Laura Regensdorf Katharine Sohn Laura Bannister Osman Can Yerebakan Shannon Adducci, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Polynesian culture seamlessly integrates hospitality, and both the crew and the islanders were happy to share their beliefs and traditions.
—Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Islander.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/islander. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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islander
noun
is·land·er
ˈī-lən-dər 
: a person born or living on an island
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