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northern

adjective as in northerly

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adjective as in pertaining to the north

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The organisation based in Douglas, with northern and southern hubs, is the only foodbank on the island.

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In the northern Kijitonyama area of Dar es Salaam, two men in uniform were filmed taking aim and firing along a main road in the direction of protests.

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Many voters blame the recent influx of immigrants, largely from Venezuela, a number of whom arrive on foot through Chile’s remote northern border.

Her conservative government has taken the unusual step of drafting its own proposal for a pipeline from the Alberta oil sands to British Columbia's northern Pacific coast, aimed at reaching Asian markets.

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Kast has pledged to build ditches along Chile's northern border with Peru and Bolivia, as well as mass deportations of undocumented migrants and people who entered the country illegally.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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