northward
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They link its arrival to warming seas, saying rising temperatures are pushing warm-water fish northward -- and subtropical sharks in pursuit.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
And then, upon reaching Georgia, they should turn around and do a traipse northward to Maine, because next season’s not looking so hot, either.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
"We are saying that the mantle flow is not driving the east-west, rift-perpendicular direction of some of the deformations, but that it may be causing the anomalous northward deformation parallel to the rift," Rajaonarison said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
A change in wind direction at this time of year pulls warm, moist air northward from the Gulf of California and the tropical Pacific, triggering storms over mountainous terrain.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
We creep infinitesimally northward through the dirty chaos of a world in the process of making itself.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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