northern
Example Sentences
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The southern hemisphere contains more of the planet's ocean water than the northern hemisphere and so exerts a bigger influence on average sea temperatures.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Carrying three empty plastic buckets, she walked a few hundred metres to the nearest handpump in her village in Jalaun district, in the drought-prone Bundelkhand region of northern India.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Ship trackers say roughly a third of the vessels that have transited the strait during August have used the Iranian-administered route along the northern reaches of the waterway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Still, the tariffs on about $20 billion of imports affect only a fraction—about 5%—of what the U.S. purchases from its northern neighbor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Like when he showed her the longest snake recorded in Fairview was in 2019 and was a northern copperhead.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
