continent

Example Sentences

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Spain and Portugal need more electricity interconnections with the rest of Europe through France in order to boost their renewable-energy exports to the continent, she tells the European Pulse Forum in Barcelona.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Scientists have long debated when people first arrived on this ancient continent and which routes they used to get there.

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026

In the 1800s, some formerly enslaved Africans and their descendants migrated back to the continent from countries like Brazil and Cuba.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

The continent is also geographically closer to the Gulf, which means that most ships that were en route when the war started have already arrived.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Since the nineteenth century, millions of Germans had immigrated to the continent, and many maintained strong ties to their fatherland.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield