the north
noun
variants
or the North
: regions or countries north of a certain point
The birds migrate from the North.
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The pedestrian, identified as Vincente Castellanos Rodriguez, 64, was struck while crossing the on-ramp at 35th Avenue in an attempt to reach the construction site on the north shoulder of Loop 101, Raul Garcia with the Arizona Department of Public Safety said.
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Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 15 Nov. 2025
Russian imperial aspirations in the middle of the nineteenth century may have caught the Qing by surprise, as there was no palisade to protect the cradle of their civilization from the north.
—Literary Hub, 14 Nov. 2025
The Old Farmer’s Almanac said the Texas region is expected to have a warm week overall, with a clear split between the north and south.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Nov. 2025
The construction workers were in the process of securing wooden roof trusses when the north wall of the 3,600-square-foot storage unit bowed and the roof partially collapsed.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 14 Nov. 2025
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Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 15 Nov. 2025
Russian imperial aspirations in the middle of the nineteenth century may have caught the Qing by surprise, as there was no palisade to protect the cradle of their civilization from the north.
—Literary Hub, 14 Nov. 2025
The Old Farmer’s Almanac said the Texas region is expected to have a warm week overall, with a clear split between the north and south.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Nov. 2025
The construction workers were in the process of securing wooden roof trusses when the north wall of the 3,600-square-foot storage unit bowed and the roof partially collapsed.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 14 Nov. 2025
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“The north.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20north. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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