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[nawrth] / nɔrθ /




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“Fans come from Argentina, Brazil, France and have to travel all across the country, and north and south. I don’t know who is going to do that.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

The MV Hondius's voyage began on April 1 in Ushuaia, Argentina, taking in some remote islands in the South Atlantic Ocean before steaming north to Cape Verde.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

The jaw-dropping north face of 8,800-foot Half Dome towers to the east.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Norman Hagan from UCU said uncertainty created by the announcement "has caused significant ripples particularly on the Coleraine campus" because it is such an economic anchor for the wider north coast.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

The swift current kept him going west; he could not tell if he was also moving north, toward shore.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret




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