continent
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BBC Scotland weather presenter Gillian Smart said the heat would peak as southeasterly winds pull in intensely hot, humid air from the continent.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026
While Americans often have no problem maxing out credit cards, frugality is deeply ingrained, particularly in northern parts of the continent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026
By conserving these leopards, we are not only saving an iconic predator, but also preserving an evolutionary legacy shaped over thousands of years by one of the most distinctive landscapes on the African continent.
From Science Daily • Jun. 24, 2026
For many Europeans, the need to save is a lesson passed down from parents and grandparents who lived through the economic devastation of 20th-century warfare on the continent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026
Some of the men had never been out of England before, let alone imagined a voyage to the southern continent.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Vocabulary lists containing continent
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