continent
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Peace is the main theme of the Pope's 11-day tour of the continent, with Angola and Equatorial Guinea next on his agenda.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 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
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
Before the arrival of Europeans, North America was indeed a “continent of villages,” as some historians have called it, but it was also a continent of nations and alliances among nations.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Vocabulary lists containing continent
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