continent
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"Together, these feedbacks allowed the Antarctic ice sheet to spread from the mountains across the continent, eventually reaching the coast," added Dr. Goodwin.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Successive heat spells have roasted the continent since May, bringing temperatures of 40C and above -- and dragging drought and devastating wildfires in their wake.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
“A lot of the people that are in detention centers are the Indigenous people of the North American continent, the South American continent,” she continued.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Destination: Africa - is it legal for US to deport foreign criminals to the continent?
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Their chief work, I learned from bits of conversation, was liaison with England and the Free Dutch forces fighting elsewhere on the continent.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Fifty-eight people linked to organised West African cyber-crime groups have been arrested in an operation across 22 countries and six continents.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
We have traveled from the illusion that humanity had left global wars behind forever to the stark prospect of a third world war that could span continents and have devastating global consequences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
"Our findings could help geologists reinterpret other ancient continental interiors where similarly large gaps occur in records, offering a better understanding of how Earth's continents have changed over hundreds of millions of years."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Every new fossil found in this context helps reconstruct how terrestrial ecosystems reorganized after the Permian–Triassic extinction and how the groups that would later dominate the continents emerged.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
Our fathers live on different continents and only see each other after years, but in some ways they are strikingly similar.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
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