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Her mom tried to comfort her, but Jessica cried as her dad drove her back to their home in Azle, a small suburb on the northwestern fringe of Fort Worth.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
The project will also place the Nida sanctuary within the wider context of religious landscapes across the northwestern Roman provinces.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
In 2019 she traveled across India collecting samples and bought them back to her base in Haryana, in the northwestern state of Punjab, to compare their performance.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
"My brother was washing the car inside the compound when the accident happened," Murib's brother Muhammad Khan told AFP by phone from their hometown of Bannu in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
Sometimes he almost convinces himself that he can see through the smoldering skeletons of the seafront mansions at the northwestern corner of the city to the rooftop of his house.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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