southern
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The kingdom needs to decide if it will seek de-escalation in hopes of ensuring quiet on its southern border or if its red lines have truly been crossed, necessitating a strong military response.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
England are instead building towards a 50-over World Cup in southern Africa in the autumn of 2027.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
She said the group was always on the lookout for new arrivals and had already recorded the willow emerald damselfly, the southern oak bush cricket and the purple emperor butterfly, as more species travelled north.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
One of the fiercest battles between the KMT and Japan, little-known to Westerners or Chinese for the past 80 years, was the 47-day siege of Hengyang, in southern China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The housing blogs of southern California teemed with stories of financial abuses made possible by these so-called thirty-year payment option ARMs, or adjustable-rate mortgages.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
