northern

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It was a particularly rapid movement up the Iron Pipeline, the name for the trafficking channel from southern states with lax gun laws to northern states with stricter ones.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

De la Espriella comes from cattle country in northern Cordoba province, growing up in an affluent family in the city of Montería about an hour’s drive from the country’s northwest Caribbean coast.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Researchers from the University of York and the Swedish Agricultural University found that documented wolverine numbers have dropped sharply in parts of northern Sweden where the species was once strongest.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

"Timmy" first became stranded in Lübeck Bay, on Germany's northern coastline, after apparently becoming entangled in netting.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

As a child on farms in northern Minnesota, I had worked with workhorse teams—mowing and raking hay, cleaning barns with crude sleds and manure forks—and in the summer we would sometimes ride these workhorses.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen