continent
Example Sentences
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Airline and bank stocks slipped slightly across the continent after rallying sharply Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
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
It might have stopped bloodshed on a different continent.
From Barron's • 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 goal for this voyage was to circumnavigate the continent and map all the islands that were still uncharted.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Vocabulary lists containing continent
Physical Geography - Introductory
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