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Nonrhoticity in the northeastern U.S. seems to have its roots in southern England.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
This massive system extends from the Afar Depression in northeastern Ethiopia all the way to Mozambique, separating the African tectonic plate from the Arabian and Somali plates.
From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026
One summer afternoon in 2018, two men set out on a road trip into the Karbi Anglong region of India's northeastern Assam state.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
In northeastern Ukraine's Kharkiv region, Lieutenant Colonel Vasyl Kobziak told AFP on Sunday morning that things were "rather calm" in his sector.
From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026
Had Indonesia faced the tropical rain forests and savannas of northeastern Australia, the Macassans could have settled, but there is no evidence that they ever traveled that far.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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