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Shops were also boarded up early Saturday in the southwestern city of Bordeaux.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
The musical is set in a coastal village in Cornwall, near the southwestern tip of England.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
The latest storm is Trudy, a Category 1 hurricane that was expected to pass Mexico’s southwestern coast on Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
Forest soils in southwestern Germany were particularly effective at removing methane from the atmosphere during periods of lower rainfall and higher temperatures.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
This corner of southwestern Idaho is unrelentingly poor and plain, with vast stretches of empty roads and treeless farmland, intersected by equally vast swatches of fast-food franchises and car dealerships.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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