continent
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A European airport-industry group has warned of jet-fuel shortages for the continent.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 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
Moscow has also pushed a recruitment drive across the African continent, signing up fighters from Egypt to South Africa and from Ghana to Zimbabwe.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
While this will be his first pastoral visit to Africa since assuming the leadership of the Catholic Church last year, the Pope is no stranger to the continent.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
When Europeans arrived on this continent, they often seemed unaware that many conditions that were useful to them were the result of Indigenous peoples’ stewardship of the land.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Vocabulary lists containing continent
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