northern

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They are native to northern Mexico and California, and they are especially important in California.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

Gardeners and growers across the northern half of the UK will then need to be on alert on Saturday night as a frost is possible.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Rosa Gabriela Hernández Flores, 22, had traveled from northern Sinaloa state in hopes of finding a way in.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

“You are all set to go,” a U.S. military officer radioed as the ship glided through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday and swung around the peninsula at the northern end of Oman.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

I pull out my compass and walk to the northern edge of the firebreak, then stop and listen—nothing but some birds, the wind in the leaves.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz