continent
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US President Donald Trump has been unashamedly open about the fact that the US is the dominant power on the continent.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
The event seemed to originate far deeper than earthquakes were thought capable of occurring beneath a continent.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
U.S. stock futures were in the red, while European stocks enjoyed a rare morning of outperformance as AI optimism buoyed the continent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
“They both adhered to their own meteorological vision,” Haig says, explaining the differences in prediction models from continent to continent.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
The first black slaves on the North American continent arrived in North Carolina via the West Indies in 1526, on the ship of a Spanish explorer-slave trader.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
Vocabulary lists containing continent
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