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- adjective Alternative spelling of
transatlantic .
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Examples
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PARIS—Right after his historic, 33-hour trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris in 1927, Charles Lindbergh asked whether there was news of French aviator Charles Nungesser .
Charles Lindbergh Won the Prize, but Did His Rival Get There First? Sebastian Moffett 2011
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The race was triggered when New York hotelier Raymond Orteig in 1919 offered a $25,000 prize for the first nonstop trans-Atlantic flight between New York and Paris.
Charles Lindbergh Won the Prize, but Did His Rival Get There First? Sebastian Moffett 2011
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You may not know it, but there are currently 27 million enslaved people worldwide - more than double the number of enslaved Africans during the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Good Cause: Comic Creator's Alliance Lou Anders 2010
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Are we on the verge of a trans-Atlantic youth mobilization?
Ellen Freudenheim: 15 Mayo: What Will It Mean for U.S. Youth Election Year Activism? Ellen Freudenheim 2011
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You may not know it, but there are currently 27 million enslaved people worldwide - more than double the number of enslaved Africans during the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Archive 2010-01-01 Lou Anders 2010
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The decision closes a chapter in a tortured bidding competition but potentially launches a fresh trans-Atlantic political controversy.
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Apologies for not replying sooner; I was stuck in a trans-Atlantic Air Canada jet with no entertainment system ...
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Apologies for not replying sooner; I was stuck in a trans-Atlantic Air Canada jet with no entertainment system ...
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The Pentagon awarded Boeing Co. a contract worth more than $30 billion for aerial refueling tankers, closing a chapter in a tortured bidding contest, but potentially launching a fresh trans-Atlantic political controversy.
Boeing Bid Beats Europe for Tanker Nathan Hodge 2011
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Unfortunately this is not so. … there are more slaves TODAY than were seized from Africa in 4 centuries of trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Global Voices in English » Malaysia: Humans as Commodities 2009
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