The Azores are strategically located on transatlantic air and shipping routes.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Some cousin of his, just out from the Azores, is makin 'a start on it, an' payin 'good rent to.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 1] Reference

The only problem here in the Azores is that post takes forever to arrive, even though we are part of the EU.    From Wordnik.com.  [quickie] Reference

The Azores is the best place in Europe to see a large range of whales and dolphins up close.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference

The Azores are a group of Portugese Islands almost 1000 miles west of Portugal in the Atlantic Ocean.    From Wordnik.com.  [TravelPod.com Recent Updates] Reference

Mr. Yezzi's latest book of poems is "Azores" (Swallow Press).    From Wordnik.com.  [How It Gives Life to Thee] Reference

The ship is headed for the Azores, which is the first tack needed in a windward sail for London under the present conditions. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pursuit of the House-Boat Being Some Further Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades, under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq.] Reference

Natural hazards: Azores subject to severe earthquakes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference

Azores and follow the Spanish track across the ocean.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea] Reference

I was diving, filming, in the Azores, and I was by myself.    From Wordnik.com.  [First Person Singular: Greg Marshall, inventor, marine biologist] Reference

Many accounts of the Azores meeting didn't mention the host's name.    From Wordnik.com.  [A BRIDGE BUILDER] Reference

All went well with them until they were near the Azores, or Western.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference

The Azores extend in an oblique line from N.W. to S.E., between 36°.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference

Slowly the storm abated, and on 18th February they reached the Azores.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference

The Azores were readied without accident, almost without incident, and.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea] Reference

Azores are the farthest from any continent of all the island groups in the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference

Falmouth 50° 8 'N. 5° 1' W. Terceira, Azores 38° 38 '23 "-- 27° 12' 48 ".    From Wordnik.com.  [A General Plan for a Mail Communication by Steam, Between Great Britain and the Eastern and Western Parts of the World] Reference

But Himilco returned home by the Azores or Fortunate Islands, as they were called.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference

The Azores photo-op mini-summit was over, and Air Force One was flying back to Washington.    From Wordnik.com.  [W's Comfort Zone] Reference

At the Azores summit, he "only did the catering," according to a diplomat quoted by a London paper.    From Wordnik.com.  [A BRIDGE BUILDER] Reference

The American planes took advantage of those winds in their flight to the Azores, that much is certain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Opportunities in Aviation] Reference

Area: total: 92,391 sq km land: 91,951 sq km water: 440 sq km note: includes Azores and Madeira Islands.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference

Area: total: 92,391 sq km land: 91,951 sq km note: includes Azores and Madeira Islands water: 440 sq km.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference

Azores and Madeira Islands occupy strategic locations along western sea approaches to Strait of Gibraltar.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference

Portugal total: 92,391 sq km land: 91,951 sq km water: 440 sq km note: includes Azores and Madeira Islands.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference

Bush's last-minute Azores summit has peculiar guest list for crisis mission: only countries already on our side.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conventional Wisdom: Diplomacy For Dummies Edition] Reference

NA Eutelsat; tropospheric scatter to Azores; note - an earth station for Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region) is planned.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference

He was dubbed an Atlanticist, as if it were an epithet, for hosting a pre-Iraq-war summit in the Azores in March 2003.    From Wordnik.com.  [HARD NOSE] Reference

Geographic note: Azores and Madeira Islands occupy strategic locations along western sea approaches to Strait of Gibraltar.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1996 CIA Factbook] Reference

Geography -- note: Azores and Madeira Islands occupy strategic locations along western sea approaches to Strait of Gibraltar.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference

The half-hour lead gave the NC-4 a chance to get through a fog which was coming up over the Azores ahead of the other machines.    From Wordnik.com.  [Opportunities in Aviation] Reference

Portugal lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Ponta do Pico (Pico or Pico Alto) on Ilha do Pico in the Azores 2,351 m.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference

Near the Azores, just beneath the sparkling Atlantic ripples, a fleet of sperm whales are floating vertically, as if kneeling in prayer.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mystery of the Azores] Reference

Elevation extremes: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Ponta do Pico (Pico or Pico Alto) on Ilha do Pico in the Azores 2,351 m.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference