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- noun Plural form of
Continent .
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As Nick Sundt reports on the WWF climate blog, the Report Card discusses the aptly named "Warm Arctic-Cold Continents" pattern that existed last winter, and ties it in part to sea ice loss from a warming climate.
Arctic sea ice loss linked to severe U.S. winters Andrew Freedman 2010
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Winter 2009-2010 showed a new connectivity between mid-latitude extreme cold and snowy weather events and changes in the wind patterns of the Arctic; the so-called Warm Arctic-Cold Continents pattern.
Arctic sea ice loss linked to severe U.S. winters Andrew Freedman 2010
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He kept Western Continents secret even from many in his own organization.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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Auto Shows Kick Off On Two Continents The unofficial start to spring kicks off on two continents this week with the simultaneous openings of auto shows in New York and Shanghai.
High Expectations for Air Lease Doug Cameron 2011
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Stephenson transferred to him Western Continents Trading, a phony export-import firm British intelligence had used, along with its head agent, George Muhle, who had been the American representative for a German-controlled pharmaceutical before Pearl Harbor.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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Continents sit on top of the plates; plates are also under the ocean floor.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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He kept Western Continents secret even from many in his own organization.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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Continents sit on top of the plates; plates are also under the ocean floor.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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Stephenson transferred to him Western Continents Trading, a phony export-import firm British intelligence had used, along with its head agent, George Muhle, who had been the American representative for a German-controlled pharmaceutical before Pearl Harbor.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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The name stuck and inspired their website (lostgirlsworld. com), which led to their 542-page book, The Lost Girls: Three Friends, Four Continents, One Unconventional Detour Around the World (Harper, $24.99), released Tuesday.
'The Lost Girls' of New York learn to embrace the journey 2010
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