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continent

[kon-tn-uhnt] / ˈkɒn tn ənt /


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A European airport-industry group has warned of jet-fuel shortages for the continent.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Chief among these were music, especially jazz, and photography, which she’d discovered she enjoyed on walking tours she’d taken on every continent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Moscow has also pushed a recruitment drive across the African continent, signing up fighters from Egypt to South Africa and from Ghana to Zimbabwe.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

The intensity of the tour is an indication of how the Vatican is prioritising its broader engagement with the continent.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

With these in place, German planes could leapfrog their way up the continent and seize the American-controlled Panama Canal Zone, and perhaps even Mexico or Cuba.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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