continent

Example Sentences

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Scientists have long debated when people first arrived on this ancient continent and which routes they used to get there.

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026

In the 1800s, some formerly enslaved Africans and their descendants migrated back to the continent from countries like Brazil and Cuba.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

But he praised how EU countries have boosted spending on their militaries and said the continent still had time to turn things around.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

The continent is also geographically closer to the Gulf, which means that most ships that were en route when the war started have already arrived.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

The Spanish flu of 1918 had raged through the continent, killing nearly 20 million men and women worldwide and ranking among the deadliest natural disasters in history.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee