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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

It is planning to open four new care homes in the south of England this year.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

"Muslim villages too... we stand with all the people of the south who were forced to flee their homes."

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

We have been told about the graveyard to the south of town and I feel the ghosts of all the dead in the graveyard welcoming me to the end of the river run.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen