continental
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A medieval rival to Venice and a financial capital of early modern Europe, this northwest Italian harbor city was a must-stop for 18th-century aristocrats on continental Europe’s Grand Tour.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
"Our findings could help geologists reinterpret other ancient continental interiors where similarly large gaps occur in records, offering a better understanding of how Earth's continents have changed over hundreds of millions of years."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Plouffe, 27, who rides for British continental team O'Shea Red Chilli Bikes, said the incident happened on a roundabout as she was chasing back to the peloton, following a puncture on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Now, like the rest of Australia's wild bird population, they face the threat of H5N1, which breached the continental landmass for the first time in June and has since started to spread in local wildlife.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Ben did not understand why his mother, his sister, and his friends had to bleed, hurt, and cramp; the separateness was an abyss, a continental divide that kept them apart.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
"If you don't do this and let the continentals get ahead, then they will start to undermine the cement ... which is clearing, settlement and transactions," Hodson said.
From Reuters ● Sep. 2, 2021
Britain used to be seen by continentals as quirky and occasionally awkward - but reliably pragmatic on the economy.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2017
Even among continentals, the post-Brexit fall of the pound seems to have compensated for whatever affront they may have taken.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2016
A complaint many continentals and Britons north of Oxford often make of those in between.
From Economist ● Oct. 19, 2012
The prejudice that islanders are supposed to learn from superior continentals wasn’t the sole reason why record-breaking Japanese pottery caused such a shock.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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