northward

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Weekend trips into nearby Hartford, where no venues imposed racial segregation, contrasted with everything King had seen in his native Atlanta, and with the discriminatory conditions he had endured on his rail journey northward.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

"In addition, the return of more than 600,000 residents of southern Lebanon who evacuated northward will be completely prohibited south of the Litani until the safety and security of northern residents are ensured," he added.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

It stretches northward into desolate permafrost regions flush with “oil sands” that produce about nine times as much crude as Alaska.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

And the jet stream — the west-to-east band of wind in the atmosphere — shifts northward.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

Fiver at once said that he would go with him and together they left the wood and set off northward over the down.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams