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Origin of southwestward
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The weather threat extends southwestward across parts of Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee and Arkansas.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2023
That risk for a few dry thunderstorms wraps southwestward into northern California, where sporadic lightning strikes could ignite blazes.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2021
Four lengthy dry periods that occurred between 6.25 million and 8.75 million years ago likely drove those creatures to migrate southwestward into Africa, Böhme and her colleagues reported last month in Communications Earth & Environment.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 4, 2021
The other spur was to pass southwestward out of Irak, through the British mandate of Trans-jordania to the port of Haifa in the British mandate of Palestine.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the Trojans had taken leave of their kind hosts and had successfully rounded the eastern tip of Italy, they kept on sailing southwestward around Sicily with all confidence in their prophetic guide.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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