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Across the south Midlands and the west coast of Wales it is likely to reach 22C, making it the warmest day of the year so far.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
Around sunset on Sept. 22, six days after Cynthia was last seen, a rural landowner was walking her dog on a private dirt road 40 miles south of Arlington when she noticed a foul odor.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
Lebanese Christians marked Easter Sunday by turning their prayers to the south, where villages remain trapped by fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
According to police, the Public Works street-sweeping truck was traveling south on Vista Del Mar on its scheduled route when a northbound SUV collided with it head-on.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026
He knew that the San Andreas fault runs north and south for hundreds of miles in California, making that land particularly susceptible to earthquakes.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.