continent
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They also examined how many people different environments across the continent could have supported.
From Science Daily โ Oct. 14, 2026
F1 president Stefano Domenicali said the new contract was "a landmark moment for F1", which would mean the sport was racing "on every inhabited continent".
From BBC 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
Allies are currently bracing for possible cuts to US forces in Europe as the Pentagon conducts a review of its deployments on the continent.
From Barron's โ Oct. 12, 2026
These perilous seas kept the continent locked away until 1774, when Captain James Cook reached the farthest south latitude yet attained.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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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 schnitzel sandwich at Miznon, a fast-casual chainlet with locations on four continents, is arguably the epitome of Israeli cuisine.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Oct. 7, 2026
As the equatorial Kelvin wave hits South America, the energy converts into a coastal Kelvin wave, and heads both north and south along the continents.
From Barron's โ Oct. 2, 2026
Some lived only on a single island, while many roamed over continents.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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