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FJ Unger, a 65-year-old entrepreneur, moved to Galicia in northwestern Spain in 2022, drawn in part by the relatively cool summers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 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
The northwestern part of Motte Rimrock Reserve, a biological field station on a rocky plateau managed by UC Riverside, also falls in an evacuation warning zone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Rain and clouds were forecast to spoil the occasion in the Westfjords region of northwestern Iceland, while Reykjavik, the capital, was set to experience its first total eclipse since 1433.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Epidemiologists have since discovered that the northwestern shore of Lake Victoria was one of the initial epicenters of aids.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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