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The phrase "a narrows" is not correct and usable in written English.
It is likely a misunderstanding or misapplication of the term "narrows," which typically refers to a narrow passage or channel, often used in geographical contexts.
Example: "The boat navigated through the narrows between the two islands."
Alternatives: "a narrow passage" or "a narrow channel."

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Lorelei, German Loreley, large rock on the bank at a narrows of the Rhine River near Sankt Goarshausen, Germany.

At roadblocks, market stalls and entrances to government buildings, thugs in uniform gather "like spear fishermen hunting trout in a narrows," as Sarah Chayes writes.

But proponents say that if wave projects are successful, the energy available for harvest would be even greater than with tidal stream power, which requires particular physical conditions, like a narrows where water runs quickly.

The large islands of Bornholm Denmarkk) and Öland and Gotland (Sweden) lie in the western Baltic, while the Åland Islands (Finnish: Ahvenanmaa), farther north, rise from a narrows between Sweden and Finland and mark the entrance to the arm of the Baltic known as the Gulf of Bothnia.

Fort Ticonderoga, formerly Fort Carillon, is a large 18th-century star fort built by the French at a narrows near the south end of Lake Champlain in northern New York in the United States.

One strategically important place on the route lies at a narrows near the southern end of Lake Champlain, where Ticonderoga Creek, known in Colonial times as the La Chute River, enters the lake, carrying water from Lake George.

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