northern

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In northern Britain, evidence from this era is extremely rare because glaciers from the Ice Age heavily altered the landscape and destroyed many archaeological traces.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

Showers on Sunday should be confined to southern England as an area of high pressure builds back across northern parts of the UK.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Six hundred years ago, on a muddy field near Agincourt in northern France, King Henry V’s outnumbered, half-starved English army faced the flower of French chivalry.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Evacuations were ordered for parts of Simi Valley and neighboring city Thousand Oaks, while several neighborhoods in northern Los Angeles were put under evacuation warnings.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

There is a tall cherry birch on the northern end of the island.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig