northern

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While collecting sediment cores from the Cascadia subduction zone off Oregon and northern California, the team accidentally drifted off course.

From Science Daily • May 2, 2026

The port of Aqaba in Jordan serves as a base for sending goods to Baghdad and Basra in Iraq, while a Turkish corridor is also allowing goods into northern Iraq.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Steller sea lions live in coastal waters in the northern Pacific, and around Japan and Central California, according to the center.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

The Greeks first mentioned the “Keltoi” in the sixth century B.C.; later Greek and Roman writers labeled their brave northern adversaries barbarians, Gauls or Galatians.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

The images in the northern doorway were even worse.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan