up the river
Example Sentences
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INÍRIDA, Colombia—A few miles up the river from this border outpost, vast mineral riches are buried in the Venezuelan jungle.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
Further up the river, Chapin named Chicopee, a Nipmuc word for evergreen red cedar.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2025
The payments will be used in part to clean up the river, including addressing contamination from its former power plants.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024
Sunardi's village has been digging up the river bed since June, when the water in their wells ran out.
From Reuters • Aug. 9, 2023
But that evening Ulbrickson got a call from Hyde Park, just up the river.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
