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

Humberside Police is increasing resources to deal with motorcycle crime and has recruited four full-time officers in northern Lincolnshire.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

The species grows only in rugged terrain near the Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

The government has promised to compensate for the swathes of trees cut down by planting seedlings in Haryana -- a northern state next to New Delhi.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

The essential agreement reached at Philadelphia in 1787, Baldwin claimed, was the decision to remove slavery in the southern states from any influence by the northern states.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis