continental
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Al Qadsia are one of the most successful teams in Kuwait, winning a continental tournament in 2014.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
In fact, Ireland became the first European nation to guarantee religious freedom to Jewish people in 1937, when the continental current was, shall we say, running in a different direction.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
"To our knowledge, this is the first confirmed record of a living mesophotic coral ecosystem on the Gulf of Guinea continental shelf," said Zinzindohoué.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
“The oceans are rising with each passing year. As that water becomes warmer, it thermally expands. More of the continental ice sheets melt. And it raises the sea level,” Swain said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
All these effects that continental differences in area, population, ease of diffusion, and onset of food production exerted on the rise of technology became exaggerated, because technology catalyzes itself.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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"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
Spare a thought for the crazies the continentals are stuck with.
From Economist ● Jun. 1, 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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