continental

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All four nations of the UK recorded their highest temperature of the year so far on Tuesday after very warm air was dragged in from continental Europe.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

It is now believed to possess some 50 warheads, and it tests ICBMs that will one day be able to reach the continental U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“Integrating Europe’s capital markets to better channel high household savings towards productive investments in the EU will be essential,” ex- European Central Bank President Mario Draghi concluded in his landmark 2024 report on continental competitiveness.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

The ship traveled from the Azores to the European continental shelf, where she collected water samples at 12 different locations.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

My main conclusion was that societies developed differently on different continents because of differences in continental environments, not in human biology.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond