continent
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The event seemed to originate far deeper than earthquakes were thought capable of occurring beneath a continent.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
U.S. stock futures were in the red after Asian markets broadly slipped, though European stocks enjoyed a rare morning of outperformance as artificial-intelligence exuberance buoyed the continent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
“They both adhered to their own meteorological vision,” Haig says, explaining the differences in prediction models from continent to continent.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
That’s one reason why capybaras are recent additions to a zoo that has been open since the 1950s, on a continent where the rodents’ ancestors arrived some 40 million years ago.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
Having crossed the Weddell Sea, Shackleton would make landfall at the best opportunity, and then set out across the continent.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Vocabulary lists containing continent
Physical Geography - Introductory
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