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Recent Examples of intercontinental
John Wick’s version of reality has its own currency (golden coins) and housing system (an intercontinental chain of hotels), as well as a set of laws that mix Samurai-like honor with feudal justice.
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 June 2025
The seventh place team in South American qualifying will advance to an intercontinental playoff for a spot in the World Cup.
—Mauricio Savarese, Baltimore Sun, 6 June 2025
Despite the huge price tag, it’s designed to counter long-range threats, like intercontinental ballistic missiles fired from a different hemisphere.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
While Israel’s Iron Dome defends a nation the size of New Jersey, the U.S. would need to put some 10,000 weapons in space, for example, to counter less than a dozen North Korean intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) launched at the same time.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2025
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 June 2025
The seventh place team in South American qualifying will advance to an intercontinental playoff for a spot in the World Cup.
—Mauricio Savarese, Baltimore Sun, 6 June 2025
Despite the huge price tag, it’s designed to counter long-range threats, like intercontinental ballistic missiles fired from a different hemisphere.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
While Israel’s Iron Dome defends a nation the size of New Jersey, the U.S. would need to put some 10,000 weapons in space, for example, to counter less than a dozen North Korean intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) launched at the same time.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intercontinental
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Completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869 made immigration into California and shipping produce out of the state much easier.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
25 June 2025
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And for George, the nation needs the transcontinental railroad.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
23 June 2025
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Think of something in this respect like a better passing Bogdan Bogdanovic, who has averaged 14 points per game over eight years in the NBA and has also been sneaky awesome in the playoffs and big international events.—
Sam Vecenie,
New York Times,
26 June 2025
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But more than 20 years after Jeffrey Lawson's operation, an international research team found evidence that the brains of newborn premature babies react to pain stimuli in a very similar way to those of adults.—
Christian Wolf,
Scientific American,
25 June 2025
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“Intercontinental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intercontinental. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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