northern
Example Sentences
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Ten countries in the semi-arid belt across western and northern Africa broke their monthly heat records for July, including Mauritania, Niger and Burkina Faso.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
It then proceeds across a stretch of the northern Atlantic Ocean before reaching northern Spain and finishing in the Mediterranean.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Nepal's government denied that it had ordered the change, though the country is acutely aware of how sensitive the issue of Tibet is to its giant northern neighbour China.
From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026
Some rain is forecast for Scotland and Northern Ireland on Saturday before reaching northern England and north Wales on Sunday; elsewhere, it is likely to remain dry.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
The exceptions were New York and New Jersey, which, not incidentally, remained the only northern states to resist the passage of gradual emancipation laws.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
