continent
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A European airport-industry group has warned of jet-fuel shortages for the continent.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
The research shows that forests across the continent, long known for pulling carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, have reversed course and are now contributing to emissions.
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 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
While this will be his first pastoral visit to Africa since assuming the leadership of the Catholic Church last year, the Pope is no stranger to the continent.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
These masses of ice form glaciers that reach the edge of the continent, where every year 5,000 to 10,000 icebergs “calve,” or break off, from the ice sheets into the surrounding ocean.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Vocabulary lists containing continent
Physical Geography - Introductory
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