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Meanwhile, two more storms are stretching across the continental U.S., with a snow storm underway from the Plains to the Midwest, and a wintry mix of precipitation from the Mid-Atlantic to the Northeast through Thursday.
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Andrew Freedman, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025
This particular pathway, along with booming trade between the United States and China, eventually paved the way for cases in the continental U.S.
From Hong Kong, a major shipping port, the bubonic plague traveled to other global port cities.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
Of the 159 players on Chiefs and Eagles rosters, 153 grew up in towns in 35 states in the continental U.S., and six came from other countries.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
If implemented, said the California Water Policy Network, Trump’s order will devastate the largest estuary in the western continental U.S. to the benefit of a small number of agribusiness enterprises in the Central Valley.
—Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 27 Jan. 2025
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Andrew Freedman, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025
This particular pathway, along with booming trade between the United States and China, eventually paved the way for cases in the continental U.S.
From Hong Kong, a major shipping port, the bubonic plague traveled to other global port cities.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
Of the 159 players on Chiefs and Eagles rosters, 153 grew up in towns in 35 states in the continental U.S., and six came from other countries.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
If implemented, said the California Water Policy Network, Trump’s order will devastate the largest estuary in the western continental U.S. to the benefit of a small number of agribusiness enterprises in the Central Valley.
—Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Continental U.S..” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/continental%20U.S.. Accessed 24 Feb. 2025.
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