north

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Pinetop-Lakeside is located roughly eight hours east of El Centro and two hours north of Globe.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

The project, known as Ancora, is located on Hutchinson Island, about 35 miles north of Cameron’s home in Jupiter.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

AFP journalists also confirmed that air defences had been activated over the capital, including in the north.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Watchful for a Soviet attack from the north, Japan’s Self-Defense Forces, as the country’s military is known, were for years concentrated in Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan’s four large islands.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

On May 30, 1853, hundreds of spectators shouted three cheers, repeated three times, as Elisha’s ship, the USS Advance, sailed out of New York harbor, headed north.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock