continent
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He said: "I will see if we can find consensus around one, which will give us clarity about our position and the future of the continent that we live in."
From BBC โ Sep. 29, 2026
It has helped experts discover that fossils in museums across the continent had been wrongly grouped and were actually made up of two different species - Saurichthys and Birgeria.
From BBC โ Sep. 28, 2026
In his speech, Leo urged "courage in negotiation" and compromise to put an end to war on the continent, in an apparent reference to Russia's war against Ukraine, now in its fifth year.
From Barron's โ Sep. 28, 2026
Its presence suggests that Lady 56 may have completed one of medieval Europe's most famous pilgrimages, traveling thousands of kilometers across the continent to the western edge of Christian Europe before eventually returning home.
From Science Daily โ Sep. 27, 2026
They were both Native, but they grew up indifferent coastal communities, on opposite sides of the continent.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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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
The findings may also help scientists better understand how Earth's continents developed and how the planet gradually evolved into its modern form.
From Science Daily โ Sep. 13, 2026
It wasn’t exactly the island of misfit toys, but general manager Will Kuntz had managed to pull together four talented players from three continents who had nothing to lose and everything to prove.
From Los Angeles Times โ Sep. 8, 2026
They are the internet's hidden highways - bundles of optical fibres on the ocean floor carrying data between continents as pulses of light.
From BBC โ Sep. 3, 2026
It turns out that human development on some continents got a head start in time over developments on others.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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