continent
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A European airport-industry group has warned of jet-fuel shortages for the continent.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
Pope Leo is currently in Algeria for a second day as part of his 11-day tour of the continent, in which he will also visit Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Chief among these were music, especially jazz, and photography, which she’d discovered she enjoyed on walking tours she’d taken on every continent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 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
Making use of the new corridor, people moved south en masse, spreading over the entire continent.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
Vocabulary lists containing continent
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