continent
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This phenomenon is most evident on the African continent, where the number and weight of acts of terrorist violence have shifted from the Middle East and South Asia in recent years.
From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026
A European airport-industry group has warned of jet-fuel shortages for the continent.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
Chief among these were music, especially jazz, and photography, which she’d discovered she enjoyed on walking tours she’d taken on every continent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Moscow has also pushed a recruitment drive across the African continent, signing up fighters from Egypt to South Africa and from Ghana to Zimbabwe.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
Some of the men had never been out of England before, let alone imagined a voyage to the southern continent.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Vocabulary lists containing continent
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