continent
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"It's just making us scared - imagine if we're scared in our own African continent - what if we go to Europe?" he asked.
From BBC • May 3, 2026
The Pentagon has previously said that its longer-term goal is to have Europe take the lead on its own conventional defense and to gradually reduce the American military presence on the continent.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Models have indicated that less cold, dense water will form around Antarctica, allowing warmer circumpolar deep water to move closer to the continent and fill the gap.
From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2026
There might still be stocks worth buying in Europe’s top economy and across the continent.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 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
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