farther up

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As UC Irvine professor and lead author Eric Rignot said to CBS News, "We see the seawater coming in at high tide and receding and sometimes going farther up underneath the glacier and getting trapped."

From Salon • May 23, 2024

One idea, Mr. Nelson said, would involve using roadside cameras that identify drivers who are looking at their phones or are otherwise distracted and automatically alert police officers farther up the road.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2024

The first storm, which began Sunday night, had brought light rainfall within Southern California, mostly farther up the coast from Los Angeles County, before winding down Monday night.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2023

Snowfall has become increasingly unpredictable and glaciers have retreated farther up towards the peaks, or disappeared altogether.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2023

And the farther up The Mountain we went, the colder it got.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff