continent
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But here on the West Coast, a whole continent away from your powdered periwigs and your Philly bell-ringing, 1776 was a banner year, too.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026
Temperatures in the northern half of the continent rarely rose above 90 degrees Fahrenheit and temperatures over 100 were almost unheard of.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026
Across the continent, gold fever helped San Francisco vault onto the top-10 list in 1870.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026
It comes after Europe's unprecedented early summer heatwave scorched several countries over recent days, with temperature records broken across the continent.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026
Even without such support, however, Shackleton had to go to Antarctica again, because the continent pulled him like a magnet.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Vocabulary lists containing continent
Physical Geography - Introductory
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