How to Use intercontinental in a Sentence

intercontinental

adjective
  • The test marked the first time the GMD was used to stop an intercontinental missile.
    — Leada Gore, AL.com, 22 June 2017
  • El Tri also won the intercontinental playoff between the two sides for a berth in the 2014 World Cup.
    — Si.com Staff, SI.com, 21 June 2017
  • Jamie xx has announce a huge, intercontinental run of shows behind In Waves that will take him through to March 2025.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The full lineup will not be known until at least June 14, when the intercontinental playoff round ends in Qatar.
    — Bloomberg.com, 30 Mar. 2022
  • The full lineup will not be known until at least June 14, when the intercontinental playoff round ends in Qatar.
    — Graham Dunbar, ajc, 30 Mar. 2022
  • The full lineup will not be known until at least June 14, when the intercontinental playoff round ends in Qatar.
    — Graham Dunbar, Chron, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Five years ago, the Americans lost a two-leg intercontinental playoff for the final spot in Rio de Janeiro on a goal late in the second half.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2021
  • The goal came about a day after the return leg of an intercontinental journey to obtain his visa.
    — Pat Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 5 June 2020
  • The airline teased plans for at least 12 new intercontinental routes from Seattle in the future.
    — Edward Russell, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Last September, Pan and Zeilinger used this approach to set up the first intercontinental video chat to be secured in part with a quantum key.
    — Davide Castelvecchi, Scientific American, 16 Feb. 2018
  • The other two parts of the triad were the strategic bomber, and the intercontinental ballistic missile.
    — Charles Tiefer, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2021
  • That could suggest that the intercontinental crossing was not an easy path.
    — New York Times, 12 Aug. 2021
  • The cemeteries’ location along the Silk Road bolsters the idea that intercontinental trade played a role in the dissemination of the plague during the Black Death.
    — Jen Pinkowski, Scientific American, 15 June 2022
  • The target was an intercontinental-range missile fired from a test range on Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific.
    — Staff and Wire Reports, The Mercury News, 31 May 2017
  • At least one of North Korea's tests this year was believed to be of an intercontinental ballistic missile that could hit the US mainland.
    — Samantha Beech, CNN, 26 May 2022
  • During the Cold War, the substance was used in intercontinental missiles and submarines.
    — Amia Srinivasan, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2020
  • The third-place finishers in each group advance to a 10-team intercontinental playoff.
    — San Francisco Chronicle, 4 July 2022
  • The bombers had to move fast to escape being caught on the ground by enemy bombers and intercontinental ballistic missiles.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 19 Apr. 2019
  • That program aimed to create an atomic bomb, an intercontinental ballistic missile to carry the bomb and a satellite from which to view the world below.
    — Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The goal came about a day after Locadia completed the return leg of an intercontinental plane trip to retrieve his visa.
    — Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 7 July 2020
  • The goal came about a day after Locadia completed the return leg of an intercontinental plane trip to retrieve his visa.
    — Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 7 July 2020
  • The goal came about a day after Locadia completed the return leg of an intercontinental plane trip to retrieve his visa.
    — Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 7 July 2020
  • The goal came about a day after Locadia completed the return leg of an intercontinental plane trip to retrieve his visa.
    — Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 7 July 2020
  • The goal came about a day after Locadia completed the return leg of an intercontinental plane trip to retrieve his visa.
    — Pat Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 19 June 2020
  • Those missiles have intercontinental range and can reach a target anywhere around the world from their positions in Russia.
    — Yuras Karmanau, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Reports make no mention of Kim delivering a speech at the event or the country’s intercontinental ballistic missiles that were unveiled to the world for the first time last year.
    — Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2021
  • As top-notch opposition comes to the United States, the intercontinental competition will function as a dress rehearsal of sorts for the 2026 World Cup on home soil.
    — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 23 June 2024
  • On Tuesday, May 30, the Pentagon proved that a missile defense system could knock an intercontinental-range warhead out of the sky.
    — Scott Canon, kansascity.com, 5 June 2017
  • The Suez Canal and the Panama Canal are critical, narrow maritime passages that provide shortcuts on lengthy intercontinental maritime journeys.
    — Steve Banker, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Finally, the current threats to the United States are not limited to attacks using nuclear and conventional intercontinental weapons.
    — Stephen Peter Rosen, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2025

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