How to Use north of in a Sentence
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There’s a lot of pride north of the river.
—Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
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Humphreys Peak is just north of Flagstaff.
—Helena Wegner, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2025
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Cold air in place can support a stripe of snow north of the storm track.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
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Its sales growth over the past decade has been north of 17% a year.
—John Dorfman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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Guthrie’s home is located just north of the city.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
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Officers found the man, still alive, north of the fence.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
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Plant taller flowers north of your mums to prevent too much shade.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025
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Why Beach, an ocean beach north of Manly.
—CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
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The town is about 11 miles north of Sterling.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 25 Feb. 2026
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Greenup Street north of East Fourth Street.
—Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 29 Aug. 2025
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At least 7,000 acres have burned since the fire sparked north of the town.
—Christa Swanson, CBS News, 29 June 2026
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People in the regions north of Bouake had to flee.
—Jay Harris, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
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And a fourth was being planned in Stow, north of Akron.
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Jan. 2026
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The pic is going wide in north of 2,000.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
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Clarksville is about 43 miles north of Cincinnati.
—Michael Guise, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
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That’s about 35 miles north of Charlotte.
—Brian Gordon, Charlotte Observer, 14 Apr. 2026
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The greatest threat for large hail is north of I-90.
—Kylee Miller, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
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As of Monday, the greatest chances were north of the metro.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 20 Jan. 2026
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With the color contrast north of her nose, her lips held the fort in soft taupe and nude gloss.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 24 July 2026
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Light north winds become north of around 5 mph before calming in the evening.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2025
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The village is filmed in Sepúlveda, north of Madrid.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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The new bridge will be located just north of the existing one.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2025
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On its current track, it is expected to skirt just north of the islands.
—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
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In the meadows of Galilee, north of al-Kabri, was a water tank.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
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The mountain town is about 60 miles north of Atlanta.
—Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 17 Mar. 2026
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The son of Oss, north of Eindhoven, won respect from his peers.
—Andy Mitten, New York Times, 20 July 2026
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Chances for plowable snow are highest along and north of the Mass Pike.
—Terry Eliasen, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
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Some spots will see fog early, especially north of the metro.
—Joseph Dames, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
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Crews have also repaired viaducts north of the bridge during the closure.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
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Wailalau is about 30 miles north of Honolulu.
—Chantell Murphy, Outside, 24 Mar. 2026
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