northern

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Six hundred years ago, on a muddy field near Agincourt in northern France, King Henry V’s outnumbered, half-starved English army faced the flower of French chivalry.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Particularly fierce solar storms can knock out satellites and threaten astronauts -- and create dazzling auroras in the skies known as the northern or southern lights.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Evacuation warnings stretched west into northern Thousand Oaks.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

It was produced at the Abbey of Nonantola in northern central Italy sometime between 800 and 830 before eventually making its way to Rome.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

Ella felt transported to a decadent palace in the northern states of India.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton