north

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Ships that pay the toll follow a corridor between Iran’s Qeshm and Larak islands, north of the main shipping channel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

This picture at Royal Dornoch, in the north of Scotland, was taken at sunrise.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Sixty miles from Julian, I turn onto Bannister Road and bump north along a gravel track for three miles into the basin, to a parking lot 164 feet below sea level.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

An AFP journalist in Tehran heard a series of blasts coming from the north of the city, without being able to determine what was hit.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

At the north side of Central Park was a small stream called the Loch and beside that something called Glen Span Arch.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova