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continent

[kon-tn-uhnt] / ˈkɒn tn ənt /


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European regulators are also feeling the heat, with the French start-up Mistral recently presenting in Brussels a 22-point plan to accelerate AI development on the Continent.

From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026

A growing jet-fuel shortage has hit airports across the Continent with no quick fix in sight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

This particular form of instability—in which electoral outcomes haven’t caught up with voters’ frustrations—has long plagued polities on the Continent, where proportional voting systems accelerate the fracturing of authority in parliaments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

In this uncertain context, Poland's subsoil appears to be a major asset for the energy sovereignty of the Old Continent.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

I sought the Continent, and went devious through all its lands.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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