up the river
Example Sentences
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The charity says more and more of the seals are travelling further up the river, with one spotted as far west as Windsor.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Climate change likely plays a role, since they prefer warmer water, but the farmed oysters introduced in the 1970s and ’80s may have helped by cleaning up the river.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Further up the river, Chapin named Chicopee, a Nipmuc word for evergreen red cedar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2025
The payments will be used in part to clean up the river, including addressing contamination from its former power plants.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
But that evening Ulbrickson got a call from Hyde Park, just up the river.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
