southern
Example Sentences
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In March 2020, Fifa gave the green light to the southern city of Basra, meaning that, at last, crucial home games did not have to take place in Jordan, Malaysia, Iran and elsewhere.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
The 18-year-old Veiga was stuck playing for a small club in his home state of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil when he discovered one of these apps, from Swiss company Footbao.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
It was a particularly rapid movement up the Iron Pipeline, the name for the trafficking channel from southern states with lax gun laws to northern states with stricter ones.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
Publix Super Markets, a major grocer in the southern U.S., sued ABA Centers, a large provider operating about 50 centers in 15 states, last year in federal court.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Most of the southern states, Virginia among them, had paid off the bulk of their wartime debts.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
