northern

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However, northern Honduras has been the site of ongoing agrarian conflict for years.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

In northern Britain, evidence from this era is extremely rare because glaciers from the Ice Age heavily altered the landscape and destroyed many archaeological traces.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

Nedoune, a Tuareg herder in his fifties, said he was fetching water two years ago in the northern Timbuktu region when a convoy spotted him.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Six hundred years ago, on a muddy field near Agincourt in northern France, King Henry V’s outnumbered, half-starved English army faced the flower of French chivalry.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

“If it was a trap, I think Hecate would’ve made the northern route sound tempting. Believe me, she didn’t.”

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan