northern

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Growing up in Lancashire in northern England, McKellen never aspired to be a movie star.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

U.S. natural gas futures rose with the likely final cold spell in the northern U.S. seen petering out in the next few days and the market waiting for hot weather to lift demand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

The third meeting of the committee was in the 1990s, when it considered exempting from the Endangered Species Act multiple timber sales in Oregon and Washington that would likely jeopardize the northern spotted owl.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

Eight lower level flood alerts have been issued for northern and western areas of Scotland.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

The soccer field had become the plains of northern Kenya, the great savanna.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola