continental

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WTI barrels, by contrast, sit in the continental United States and flow through pipelines to Gulf Cost refineries, said Germini, who’s also publisher of the “Energy Pipeline” newsletter on Substack.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

The warmth came courtesy of a flow of southerly winds from continental Europe, which caused temperatures to climb rapidly.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

It is now believed to possess some 50 warheads, and it tests ICBMs that will one day be able to reach the continental U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“Integrating Europe’s capital markets to better channel high household savings towards productive investments in the EU will be essential,” ex- European Central Bank President Mario Draghi concluded in his landmark 2024 report on continental competitiveness.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

All these effects that continental differences in area, population, ease of diffusion, and onset of food production exerted on the rise of technology became exaggerated, because technology catalyzes itself.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond