southern

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Beirut's southern suburbs had faced repeated Israeli evacuation orders and air strikes since the start of the war, but residents told us few people left Hay El Sellom, as they had nowhere to go.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

Raw sewage mixed with wastewater pours into the Pacific and drifts north along the beaches of southern San Diego County.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Its schedule shows it switches between southern and northern hemisphere summers.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

The MV Hondius sailed on March 20 from Ushuaia, the capital of Tierra del Fuego on the southern edge of Argentina, on a round trip to the Antarctica Peninsula, returning to port 11 days later.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

I lived then in a shack in the southern desert mountains of New Mexico, and the drive between the boat and the shack took almost exactly thirteen hours on Interstate 10.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen