inland

Example Sentences

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The National Weather Service warned Wednesday that moderate to locally strong winds and low humidity would elevate the risk of fire in inland areas of L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

While coastal states like Florida have tended to face the worst of price hikes, inland areas have also seen costs rise in recent years following hail storms, wind damage and other disasters.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Oleshky is imprisoned by both geography and war; cut off by a river and wrecked bridges to the north – and dangerous or impassable roads inland.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

But around 182 million years ago, massive volcanic eruptions spread lava across much of the inland Karoo Basin, where many dinosaurs once lived.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

More than a thousand years later, villagers from Murohama knew to avoid the hilltop with the shrine and evacuated to a spot farther inland.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland