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The first commercial telecommunication subsea cable was used for telegraphs and was laid across the English Channel between Dover, England and Calais, France in 1850.
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Magdalena Petrova, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2025
Spain pushed the conflict into the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean Sea, and the English Channel, while France went on the offensive almost everywhere else.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
Smolen — whose athletic background included the sport the English call football, the sport Americans call football, and the sport both countries refer to as flag football — was a retail-store security guard.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 4 Nov. 2025
The Isle of Wight is off the southern coast of England, off the coast of Portsmouth in the English Channel.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
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Magdalena Petrova, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2025
Spain pushed the conflict into the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean Sea, and the English Channel, while France went on the offensive almost everywhere else.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
Smolen — whose athletic background included the sport the English call football, the sport Americans call football, and the sport both countries refer to as flag football — was a retail-store security guard.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 4 Nov. 2025
The Isle of Wight is off the southern coast of England, off the coast of Portsmouth in the English Channel.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
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“The English.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20English. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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