southwards
Britishadverb
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A weather front that has already brought rain to Scotland and Northern Ireland will edge slowly southwards on Thursday, meaning a soggy afternoon for northern England, Wales and parts of south-west England.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Those chillier - and eventually drier - conditions will then spread southwards across the UK through Friday and over the weekend.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
However, a weather front will move slowly southwards taking rain across Scotland, Northern Ireland, northern England and north Wales and behind it things will start to turn cooler.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
There will also be heavy rain which will drift southwards, but little promise of where it is needed most across eastern England.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
‘Now we’ll deal with Grishnákh,’ said Uglúk; but some even of his own followers were looking uneasily southwards.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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