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Instead of the usual intercontinental ballistic missiles, tanks and missile systems rolling across the cobbles of Red Square, Russia played a video of its military hardware in action on giant screens opposite the Kremlin walls.
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Reuters, NBC news, 10 May 2026
The parade has normally served as a show of force from Russia, both to honor the 27 million Soviet citizens who died in World War II, and to demonstrate the nation’s vast military power, including its nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 9 May 2026
This year's parade in Moscow - usually a show of Russian military might with intercontinental ballistic missiles and tanks - will have no military equipment on display.
—Guy Faulconbridge, USA Today, 9 May 2026
From now on, a women’s club intercontinental champion will be crowned every year, with a world champion crowned in 2028.
—Michelle Kaufman
april 27, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
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Reuters, NBC news, 10 May 2026
The parade has normally served as a show of force from Russia, both to honor the 27 million Soviet citizens who died in World War II, and to demonstrate the nation’s vast military power, including its nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 9 May 2026
This year's parade in Moscow - usually a show of Russian military might with intercontinental ballistic missiles and tanks - will have no military equipment on display.
—Guy Faulconbridge, USA Today, 9 May 2026
From now on, a women’s club intercontinental champion will be crowned every year, with a world champion crowned in 2028.
—Michelle Kaufman
april 27, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intercontinental
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In Old Sacramento State Historic Park, field-trippers visit the California State Railroad Museum to learn about how locomotives changed the West dramatically, delivering settlers and increasing transcontinental trade.—
Chelsee Lowe,
Travel + Leisure,
25 May 2026
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On this day in 1903, Horatio Nelson Jackson and Sewall Crocker embarked on the first transcontinental automobile trip.—
Charles Preston,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
18 May 2026
Adjective
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My escape plan was romantic but nearly impossible—a single mother with no international connections trying to get an MBA abroad while hiding from an abusive ex-husband?—
Tamar Gakharia,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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The staff would be asked to observe international passengers, check passengers' temperatures for fever and refer ill passengers to CDC Port Health Station if further assessment was needed, all on a volunteer basis.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
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“Intercontinental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intercontinental. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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