How to Use mid-Atlantic in a Sentence
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The ranges are the high pressure ridge in the mid-Atlantic and the trough of low pressure pushed by the jet stream.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
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At the same time, cold rain will move up through the mid-Atlantic and into the Northeast by the evening.
—Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2024
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By Tuesday evening, the storm will move up the coast, bringing heavy rain to the mid-Atlantic.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 25 Dec. 2023
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The smoke is expected to spread through the mid-Atlantic in the coming days, as well.
—Devika Rao, The Week, 9 June 2023
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There is the potential risk for hail, strong winds, heavy rain and isolated twisters for the mid-Atlantic.
—Janice Dean, Fox News, 6 Apr. 2023
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The wind, pouring off a low-pressure zone in the mid-Atlantic, was slicing through the drizzle in the village of Blacksod.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
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As much of the U.S. contends with snow and cold weather, record warmth is expected to hit the mid-Atlantic and Southeast.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2023
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Those in mid-Atlantic states will be striking for one day while those in western states will be striking for three days.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2023
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Showers will linger for parts of the mid-Atlantic on Saturday, but the region will slowly begin to dry out.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 20 Oct. 2023
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The rain was much needed as parts of the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast are under moderate drought conditions.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 1 May 2023
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Millions of shorebirds migrate along the Atlantic coast, and many stop in spring, when horseshoe crabs spawn on mid-Atlantic beaches, to feed on the crabs’ eggs.
—Kristoffer Whitney, Fortune Well, 13 Oct. 2023
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But, if that isn't enough to sway you to make the trek to St. Michaels, consider that this town of 1,020 residents is essentially the Hamptons of the mid-Atlantic.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2024
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Air circulating around and between those two systems is pulling the smoke southward over the Great Lakes, the Northeast and the mid-Atlantic region.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 7 June 2023
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Light to moderate rain will also move into the mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
—Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2024
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The mountain formed from the sedate shifts of the nearby mid-Atlantic ridge, where the North American and African tectonic plates slowly pull apart.
—Quanta Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024
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By Saturday, all areas from the mid-Atlantic to the Northeast should finally see a reprieve as a wind shift pushes the smoke away.
—NBC News, 8 June 2023
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By Tuesday, the system will set up with the potential for an active day of severe weather from the Appalachians to the mid-Atlantic.
—Jj Hensley, USA TODAY, 16 May 2023
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On celluloid, it had been masked by the traditional mid-Atlantic twang.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 23 Nov. 2023
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By Tuesday, the cold snap will bring chillier weather to much of the Northeast and mid-Atlantic, where temperatures soared into the 70s and 80s over the weekend.
—Nidhi Sharma, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2023
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Record highs were forecast from the mid-Atlantic states down through Florida, with some places expected to reach up to 40 degrees above normal.
—Amancai Biraben and Jim Salter, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Feb. 2023
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Seasonal speed zones to protect the whales are in effect off major ports in the mid-Atlantic, including Chesapeake Bay through April 30.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2023
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Twenty-five million people are in the severe risk zone across the Plains and the mid-Atlantic for storms producing baseball-size hail and a few tornadoes in the evening and lasting overnight.
—Erin McGarry, NBC News, 15 Apr. 2024
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Wind chill advisories remain in effect throughout the Northeast and into the mid-Atlantic coast.
—Justin Klawans, The Week, 4 Feb. 2023
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But there will be no such luck again this weekend, as two systems work together to bring soggy and dreary conditions to the Northeast and parts of the mid-Atlantic.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 20 Oct. 2023
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The lone star tick currently resides in the southern, midwestern, and mid-Atlantic United States.
—Julia Ries, Health, 9 Aug. 2023
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Few places were untouched by the wild weather, some at the opposite extreme: long-standing record highs were broken in cities in the Midwest, mid-Atlantic and Southeast.
—Trisha Ahmed and Jim Salter, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Feb. 2023
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That wet weather will then move east and locally heavy rain is possible across parts of the South and mid-Atlantic from Monday into Tuesday.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2023
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There’s a reason the case is being fought in the small mid-Atlantic state which has more corporations—upwards of 1 million—than people living there.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 11 Apr. 2023
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Those ticks are mainly found in the Northeastern, mid-Atlantic, and central Midwestern states, where most of the Lyme disease occurs.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 15 Feb. 2024
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Snowfall totals of 6 to 12 inches are forecast for much of the Northeast, while light freezing rain is possible across northern portions of the mid-Atlantic.
—Haley Brink, CNN, 26 Feb. 2023
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