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continent

[kon-tn-uhnt] / ˈkΙ’n tn Ι™nt /


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"Slavery was an evil in which people from every continent and region participated," she wrote on X.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

As a prolonged cooling period reduced rainfall and dried out the continent, an extinct group of crocodiles adapted to increasingly arid, desert-like environments.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

F1 has signed a 10-year deal with the central-east African country of Rwanda starting in the early 2030s which will be a first race on the continent since 1993.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

The tank in your basement is now in a bidding war with a continent.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

We will specifically consider the use of fire for agriculture and game management, and the creation of roadways that spanned the continent.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

The discovery reveals a missing chapter in the region's geological history and offers new clues about the powerful tectonic forces that shaped ancient oceans and continents.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

But the storied New York house thinks going big is its best hope: in the space of four days, it commissioned dual world premiere operas on two continents.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

The Melbourne Marathon was the third leg on Kipchoge's world tour, on which he hopes to complete a marathon on all seven continents, including Antarctica, over two years.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

They’re continents, but they are only in maps that are very secret.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

In a tone that all but invited the reader to join him in a tolerant chuckle, Hapgood observed that a few gullible souls had noticed "an apparent correspondence in shape between certain continents."

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


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