mainland
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Doggerland once formed a land bridge connecting Britain to mainland Europe before rising sea levels submerged it, creating the modern North Sea.
From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026
"When it was walking around Suffolk, it could have walked all the way to mainland Europe, as the North Sea wasn't there then," he added.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
According to the RSPB, the bird went extinct in the 1600s before a small number of wild cranes from mainland Europe ventured to the Norfolk Fens.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
In addition, Taiwan’s opposition leader Cheng Li-wun arrived in China this week for a “peace mission” at Xi’s invitation, the first visit by a Kuomintang chairperson to the mainland in a decade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
But the motorboat had gone back to the mainland.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
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