upper reaches

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By 191, Severus was governor of a province on the upper reaches of the Danube.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Starting in 2018, the research team carried out extensive field surveys in the upper reaches of the Dadu River.

From Science Daily • Oct. 30, 2025

What the move really shows is that there are now two types of club in the upper reaches of the world’s richest soccer league.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 2, 2025

This superbly run club continue to be a presence in the upper reaches of the Premier League, although the loss of Joao Pedro to Chelsea will leave a big hole.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2025

But in the crucible of the moment, another quite plausible definition of leadership was circulating in the upper reaches of the government.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis