southern

Example Sentences

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“The interesting thing about last year is that it was the southern half of the state that was significantly drier,” said Cal Fire Director Joe Tyler at a wildfire season outlook briefing last month.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2026

Consulate General in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou had been informed, and that Min Zin’s legal rights would be respected.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

A gale-force storm was coming, so the skipper set course downwind for the tiny port of Sandhamn in southern Sweden, where the group sheltered for four nights, according to German investigators.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Many wearing sweaters and thick coats, a reminder of the southern hemisphere winter from where they were coming, walked off the plane into the scorching Nigerian sun.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

This was considered an awkward interruption, disrupting as it did the critical debate over the assumption and residency questions with an inflammatory proposal that several southern representatives immediately denounced as mischievous meddling.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis