northern

Example Sentences

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Perhaps devolution of decision-making will also require diverting actual capital spending, from the south east, to northern powerhouse rail.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026

Union commanders amplified all those advantages by tapping private northern rail networks, created for commerce, which were far more extensive than the Confederacy’s sparse connections.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

Movement on the northern edge of the Caribbean plate caused the magnitude 7 earthquake in 2010 in Haiti that killed 316,000 people, one of the worst natural disasters in modern history.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2026

The Po River has never fallen this low so early in the year, raising fears of a devastating drought in July in this corner of northern Italy.

From Barron's • Jun. 27, 2026

That there’s a big stone-and-wood building surrounded by acres of land in the northern part of New York State.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy