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Recent Examples of intercontinental
An intercontinental ballistic missile is designed to travel much further.
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Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 17 June 2025
The system would reportedly require 400 to 1,000 surveillance and attack satellites to detect and shoot down incoming hypersonic and intercontinental ballistic missiles.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 21 May 2025
Last year, American and Japanese officials met at Francis E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming, where the Japanese delegation visited the U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) mission.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
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.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 June 2025
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Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 17 June 2025
The system would reportedly require 400 to 1,000 surveillance and attack satellites to detect and shoot down incoming hypersonic and intercontinental ballistic missiles.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 21 May 2025
Last year, American and Japanese officials met at Francis E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming, where the Japanese delegation visited the U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) mission.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
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.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intercontinental
Adjective
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The lay-flat seat don’t have the typical five-X price delta of transcontinental and international carriers.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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The first step would be the blessing of the Surface Transportation Board, whose Republican chair has privately expressed an openness to a transcontinental merger, Semafor reported in June.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
16 July 2025
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British soldiers were sent to Afghanistan as part of an international deployment against al Qaeda and Taliban forces in the war on terror after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
20 July 2025
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At its biennial international seminar in Vienna, Austria from July 9 to 10, the oil producers’ group said there was ample evidence in the market for the long-term need for black gold.—
Gaurav Sharma,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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“Intercontinental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intercontinental. Accessed 27 Jul. 2025.
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