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northern

[nawr-thern] / ˈnɔr ðərn /
ADJECTIVE
northerly
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ADJECTIVE
pertaining to the north
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Compromised cameras include license-plate readers and security cameras near strategic sites and places where soldiers gather, including military outposts in northern Israel, near the border with Lebanon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Coissac said he had spoken to one survivor of the wreck who came from the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, where rebels are battling the federal government in a recent flare-up of violence.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

Tropical Storm Rachel is expected to make landfall either in northern Baja California or San Diego County as early as Saturday night, bringing with it a slew of potential hazards, including damaging coastal flooding.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

That could mean above-average temperatures in most of America’s northern states, according to its winter forecast.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026

By the time Equiano published his book, slave ships had carried more than 160,000 Africans to America’s Chesapeake colonies, 140,000 to the Carolinas and Georgia, and 30,000 to the northern colonies.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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