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a stubborn ribbon of land refusing to let two oceans hold hands.
means A narrow strip of land connecting two larger landmasses, with water on either side.
from Straight from Greek 'isthmos,' meaning a narrow passage or neck of land — the Greeks knew the type intimately, since the Isthmus of Corinth tethered the Peloponnese to the mainland. Latin borrowed it as 'isthmus,' and English took it up in the 16th century. The original sense seems to lean on the idea of a 'neck' or constriction, fittingly enough for a thin throat of earth between two seas.
panama jobIts severing cut a 8,000-mile ocean voyage to nothing
land bridgeAnimals crossed continents on these for millions of years
corinth crawlGreeks dragged whole ships across one for centuries
word rootsFrom Greek for narrow passage or neck
climate makerPanama's isthmus reshaped global ocean currents entirely