continent
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However, the continent boasts many fabulous fossil finds, including those of the most familiar extinct animals – dinosaurs.
From Science Daily โ Oct. 13, 2026
In its early years, the country bounded across a continent with the Louisiana Purchase, the annexation of Texas and the conquest of California.
From Salon โ Oct. 13, 2026
"We're going to do as much as we feel we want to in a continent and then go to the next one," explained Tom.
From BBC โ Oct. 10, 2026
Meanwhile France, the second-biggest European economy and a net contributor to the budget, argues the continent needs sufficient means to match the rising challenges the 27-country bloc faces.
From Barron's โ Oct. 10, 2026
The first black slaves on the North American continent arrived in North Carolina via the West Indies in 1526, on the ship of a Spanish explorer-slave trader.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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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 โ Oct. 11, 2026
They’re continents, but they are only in maps that are very secret.
From Los Angeles Times โ Oct. 9, 2026
The effort to bring home Evan and others unfolded on three continents, involving spy agencies, billionaires and political power players.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Sep. 28, 2026
It also provides evidence of periods when dinosaur populations and other animals could move between the two continents.
From Science Daily โ Sep. 19, 2026
Island geological types include coral atolls, raised limestone, volcanic islands, pieces of continents, and mixtures of those types.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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