continental

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It is increasingly a prerequisite to also being part of a team that lands one of the game's biggest titles - the Champions League, World Cup or a continental equivalent such as the European Championship.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

DR Congo is joining other continental states, including Eswatini, Ghana and South Sudan, in receiving deportees from the US.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 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

"As we modify natural systems, we can expect changes in how sediment is stored in river basins and along coastlines and continental shelves," Professor Kirkland said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026

In his popular and influential textbook Principles of Physical Geology, first published in 1944, Holmes laid out a continental drift theory that was in its fundamentals the theory that prevails today.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson