continental

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There will be three games in continental Europe, with the New Orleans Saints facing the Pittsburgh Steelers as the Stade de France plays host to the first game in Paris.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

These rocks formed in a shallow marine environment along a continental shelf during the final stages of Gondwana's formation, before the supercontinent eventually split apart to form regions that became South America and Africa.

From Science Daily • May 12, 2026

With continental inflation tame, the European Central Bank looked to be headed prewar toward interest rates too low for lenders to earn healthy margins.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

The Kaiserslautern Military Community, which includes Ramstein, is the largest outside the continental U.S. and counts more than 50,000 members, including 18,000 soldiers, as well as civilian staff and families.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

In 1950, a vote at the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science showed that about half of those present now embraced the idea of continental drift.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson