northern

Example Sentences

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"It's as if an outsider were involved in our family issues," complained a resident of northern Lashio city, once the rebels' biggest war prize but returned to the junta via Beijing's intervention in April.

From Barron's

This time, the pair travel through northern Europe in search of fine food, wry conversation and a glimpse of the elusive aurora borealis.

From BBC

"He was something that's very typically Mancunian, very typically northern as well, you know, beyond the borders of Manchester," he said.

From BBC

"There are columns of hundreds of soldiers trying to advance into the northern part of Chin state from four directions," Sui Khar says.

From BBC

The wall was constructed by the Romans in the early 2nd century AD to protect the province of 'Britannia' from northern tribes and remained in use until the late 4th century.

From Science Daily