northward

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The fly has remained present in South America, and in recent years has moved northward.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

The district is anchored in the eastern side of Bakersfield, home to California’s once-thriving oil fields, and stretches northward toward Fresno to include swaths of agricultural lands and small farming towns.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 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

During earlier warm periods, when more ice broke off from West Antarctica and drifted northward, the iron entering the ocean was often in this poorly soluble form.

From Science Daily • Feb. 4, 2026

Frodo now led the way, northward as near as he could guess, among the stones and boulders lying thick at the bottom of the great ravine.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien