northern
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Both Collins and Jackson hail from the same sparsely populated, heavily forested northern county of Aroostook, bordering Canada.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
Following the successful Sinjar push, Turkey said last month it would "gradually" hand control to Baghdad of its Bashiqa base near the northern city of Mosul although no timeline was given.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
The island is off Russia’s coast north of Japan, and Hokkaido is Japan’s largest northern island.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
She said she used to work in these deprived northern suburbs, where poverty and crime rates are very high, and feared a whole lost generation was criminalising itself through anger and despair.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
After spending the cold months at their southern wintering grounds, the geese were migrating back to their northern home.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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