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northward

adjective as in northerly

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adjective as in northern

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For its part Russia said it was continuing to advance northwards and thwarting attempts by Ukraine to break its troops out of encirclement.

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While marching northward, Roz passed beautiful boulevards and architecture and gardens and art.

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"The suitable climate for rice is moving more northwards" in Europe, she said, pointing to successful initiatives in the Netherlands and Germany.

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To fly between the exclave and the Russian capital, planes are forced on an hours-long detour northwards, through the Gulf of Finland, due to a ban on Russian commercial planes using EU airspace.

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At 1:46 p.m., an artillery round from an M777 howitzer was launched from White’s Beach northward, according to a CHP incident report obtained by The Times.

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