northern

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It was a particularly rapid movement up the Iron Pipeline, the name for the trafficking channel from southern states with lax gun laws to northern states with stricter ones.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

De la Espriella comes from cattle country in northern Cordoba province, growing up in an affluent family in the city of Montería about an hour’s drive from the country’s northwest Caribbean coast.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Researchers from the University of York and the Swedish Agricultural University found that documented wolverine numbers have dropped sharply in parts of northern Sweden where the species was once strongest.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

The Indo-Gangetic Plain, which stretches across much of northern India and includes Uttar Pradesh, is regarded by climate researchers as one of the world's emerging hotspots for dangerous humid heat.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

One had stayed at the southern end of the camp where we were sleeping, while the other had gone to the northern end.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola