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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

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 Vatican says its latest survey shows a "remarkable increase" in the number of baptised Catholics on the continent.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 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

Some of the men had never been out of England before, let alone imagined a voyage to the southern continent.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong




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