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• This is finally the time the Padres slay the dragon up north, the mighty Dodgers.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2022
• But those measures haven’t stopped the ants from making their way up north.
  — Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
• The Knicks then fly up north to face the Toronto Raptors, who are 2.5 games worse than the Nets and have lost nine of their last 10 games.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2024
• That does not bode terribly well for those of us up north.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2022
• He was eventually found dead in the back of a transport van during a stop on the drive up north.
  — Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 8 May 2024
• So far she’s done a staged reading up north but not a full production just yet.
  — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2023
• The quickest way to travel across the country is up north — through North Dakota and South Dakota.
  — Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
• In an interview with Politico that came out this week, Gascón talked about the lessons from what happened up north.
  — Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2022
• Adding to the frustrations in Thornton is the fact that, according to Mr. Henry, the city has been a good steward of its land up north.
  — David Gelles, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
• It's intended to evoke restaurants up north, with menu items such as fish fry, prime rib and burgers.
  — Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2023
• People who already live in Maine are looking for a place on a lake up north, or Western Maine, for the mountains.
  — Jim Morrison, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2023
• Down here, a big-time hockey fix can be easier to access than up north.
  — Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2024
• The best storm chances today will remain up north in Oklahoma.
  — Kxas-Tv (nbc5), Dallas News, 7 July 2023
• The system is expected to trigger more severe weather in the south, as well as more heavy rain and snow up north.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 10 Jan. 2024
• Or up north, white sharks feeding on seals, for example.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 July 2024
• And, of course, there’s always a chance this season’s hurricanes bring a few more flamingos up north to join the state’s growing flocks.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 June 2024
• Summer winds from the South also push air pollution up north.
  — Mel Fronczek, Dallas News, 12 June 2023
• This week, the crew is taking its journey up north to Montreal, Canada.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 19 Feb. 2024
• Taylor Swift will be spending a little extra time up north next year.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2023
• Three of the farms were built in Bedouin villages up north where the majority of the residents no longer work in agriculture.
  — Judith Segaloff, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2023
• As violence raged up north, word spread that the settlement was so close to the Thai border that the military would not risk an airstrike there.
  — Yan Naing, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2023
• This country’s park system boasts giant reptiles in the south, big grizzlies up north, and stealthy cats in between.
  — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 28 Mar. 2023
• Once a child whose adoption had fallen through joined the family on a two-week vacation up north.
  — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 2 June 2023
• Just head to any Oklahoma Joe’s location to find out—there are three in and around Tulsa and two up north in Nebraska.
  — Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2024
• Robinson’s suburban life up north was very different from her time in the rural South.
  — Sarah Enelow-Snyder, Washington Post, 20 July 2024
• After years of legal rancor, most of Thornton’s neighbors grudgingly agree that the city has a legal right to the water from up north.
  — Jeremy Anderberg, Longreads, 6 Sep. 2023
• Wildlife With ice declining, bowhead whales of the Pacific Arctic are staying longer in the waters up north.
  — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Mar. 2023
• The majority of worm farmers live up north and are mainly sell to bass and freshwater anglers.
  — Ashley Miznazi, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2024
• Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff A mixed reception up north?
  — Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Sep. 2024
• Although Reinhart and Bennett started their careers up north, both found their way to South Florida via trade in 2021.
  — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 24 June 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024