Example Sentences
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The hurricane is expected to make a second landfall in northwestern Mexico on Monday or Tuesday, the NHC said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
The suspect is alleged to have been a camp guard at Stalag 326 VI K in Senne in northwestern Germany.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
We got out at the northwestern edge of the lagoon, where there are swaths of land that have been churned up by heavy machinery, stretches of gravel, and remnants of fencing.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
“As in Basel, shallow-water sections in Germany should also be dredged, particularly in the German Kaub area,” Minsch says, referring to the pinch point in the Rhine Valley in northwestern Germany.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Bod wandered over to the northwestern part of the graveyard, to the tangle of ivy that hung from a yew tree and half-blocked the far exit from the Egyptian Walk.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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