continent
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"No one else had built this on the continent... We had to start from scratch," she said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Albania was sometimes called Europe’s North Korea, so cut off was it from the rest of the continent.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
A southerly wind will draw in a shot of hot and humid air from the near continent, pushing UK temperatures above average.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Water vapor tracking simulations showed that the dipole circulation directed moist air from the midlatitude Indian Ocean toward East Antarctica and allowed more atmospheric rivers to reach the continent.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
“Do you remember what the European continent looks like?”
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
It wasn’t exactly the island of misfit toys, but general manager Will Kuntz had managed to pull together four talented players from three continents who had nothing to lose and everything to prove.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
On Earth, similar processes occur beneath volcanic arcs and are associated with the formation of continents.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
“The Song of Stork and Dromedary” draws on the lives of Charlotte and Emily Brontë, but expands outward in a profusion of linked stories that leap over eras and continents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The "polka dot queen" channelled hallucinations and battles with mental health into vibrant art featuring her trademark dots, nets and infinity motifs over a career spanning decades and continents.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Different rates of development on different continents, from 11,000 B.C. to A.D.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing continent
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