farther up

Example Sentences

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As UC Irvine professor and lead author Eric Rignot said to CBS News, "We see the seawater coming in at high tide and receding and sometimes going farther up underneath the glacier and getting trapped."

From Salon • May 23, 2024

Going forward, what Rosa Govea, area assisting director with VOA-L.A., would like to see is consistent maintenance of those drains and cleanups of trash from the encampments farther up San Fernando Road.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2024

Snowfall has become increasingly unpredictable and glaciers have retreated farther up towards the peaks, or disappeared altogether.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2023

A handful of our runners had gone farther up along an extremely narrow, rocky ridge to an even higher peak, which required some scrambling.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2023

Abigail pushed her lucky bracelet farther up her arm, then hoisted her granddaughter into her lap.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson