north

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The tournament then heads north on Friday, with Canada facing Bosnia-Herzegovina in Toronto before the United States opens Group D play against Paraguay at SoFi Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Another correspondent in the coastal city of Sidon, further north, saw displaced people arriving from Tyre, some with belongings strapped to the roofs of their cars.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

In Fernández’s neighborhood just north of Porterville, residents stopped drinking water from their wells a few years ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

There has been a growing focus on alternative energies but many of those new roles have been created outside the north east in places like Glasgow, Edinburgh and further afield.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

It stopped snowing and a weak sun came out, but the wind still blew hard from the north.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell