southern
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On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
“He was wrong to do so,” Mr. Pence tells us, “as the Jim Crow laws of the southern states amounted to a systematic abuse of the nation’s highest principles.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
The study found that wolverines are spreading into southern parts of Sweden while declining in regions that historically supported the largest populations.
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026
Wet weather will be welcomed by many gardeners and growers, particularly in southern and eastern England where it has been a very dry few months.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
Like all the company, he had heard of Dark Gate, the twin mountains guarding the southern approach to the Land of Death.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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