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northern

[nawr-thern] / ˈnɔr ðərn /
ADJECTIVE
northerly
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ADJECTIVE
pertaining to the north
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One recent day, Tania Koronos, a mother of three, spotted a drone above her hometown in northern Israel, Adamit, about a mile from the Lebanon border.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Train passengers have faced disruption to rail services after hundreds of lightning strikes in parts of northern England over the last 24 hours.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Predicted precipitation patterns for May to September from 2026 to 2030 forecast wet anomalies in the Sahel, northern Europe, Alaska and Siberia, as well as dry anomalies over the Amazon.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

"During a recreational dive in the summer during the undergraduate study of HY Chan in 2019, he accidentally discovered Thecacera sesama sp. nov. in northern Taiwan waters," the researchers said.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

I only know it’s in the northern part of the state, where the trees are tall and green in the summer and the snow falls heavily in the winter.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy




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