continental
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At the end of the ’90s, Tyler signed with Hansa/BMG Ariola and, eventually, with EastWest Records and continued to find success in continental Europe.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2026
In 2023, the SRT secured funding from Natural England to explore whether the insect could be successfully reintroduced to Britain using donor populations from continental Europe.
From BBC • Jul. 9, 2026
Donovan highlighted that the issue is not that the U.K. is losing its population of millionaires, but that growth is happening from an already large base in comparison with continental Europe.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026
Together, these competing forces effectively "tear" the continental lithosphere, creating a southwest-dipping channel beneath Yellowstone.
From Science Daily • Jun. 28, 2026
As the continents bumped and nudged, sometimes one continental plate would slide over another, pushing ocean floor before it, reworking the landscape for 150 miles or more inland.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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