hemisphere

Example Sentences

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Even so, the simplest explanation based on current evidence points to a large volcanic eruption in the northern hemisphere as the main driver of the Younger Dryas.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026

Poorer countries devote a bigger part of their incomes to essentials like food and transport than the Western hemisphere.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

They can't be held in the northern hemisphere summer because it would be too hot in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

Then the senator turned his attention back to the Western hemisphere.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2026

Hemi is half, hemisphere, hemmed-in, hemlock, hem and haw.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver