northern

Example Sentences

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There could be a few showers - mainly across northern parts of the UK.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

While collecting sediment cores from the Cascadia subduction zone off Oregon and northern California, the team accidentally drifted off course.

From Science Daily • May 2, 2026

By the early 1990s, duck populations had exceeded the high of the 1950s; by 2015 almost 50 million waterfowl populated the prairie pothole region of the northern Great Plains.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Trendy cafes in affluent northern Tehran were busy on Wednesday night, the start of Iran's weekend, with men and women sipping colourful drinks and strolling the streets.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

For decades, the northern and southern regions of the United States bitterly argued over slavery.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow