northward

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For decades, the U.S. has maintained a program in which these flies are bred in a lab, bathed in sterilizing radiation and released around Panama, which prevents the insect from creeping northward.

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2026

Previous strong El Niños have also brought a lower abundance, and a more northward shift, of market squid, Leising said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026

After those two dramatic events, of course the graph will point northward.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

However, the parasite has advanced northward in spite of these efforts.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

All that day the outer ridge of the Emyn Muil had been bending gradually northward, as they struggled on.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien