How to Use up north in a Sentence

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  • This is finally the time the Padres slay the dragon up north, the mighty Dodgers.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2022
  • But those measures haven’t stopped the ants from making their way up north.
    — Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
  • The Knicks then fly up north to face the Toronto Raptors, who are 2.5 games worse than the Nets and have lost nine of their last 10 games.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2024
  • That does not bode terribly well for those of us up north.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2022
  • He was eventually found dead in the back of a transport van during a stop on the drive up north.
    — Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 8 May 2024
  • So far she’s done a staged reading up north but not a full production just yet.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2023
  • The quickest way to travel across the country is up north — through North Dakota and South Dakota.
    — Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
  • In an interview with Politico that came out this week, Gascón talked about the lessons from what happened up north.
    — Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2022
  • Adding to the frustrations in Thornton is the fact that, according to Mr. Henry, the city has been a good steward of its land up north.
    — David Gelles, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
  • It's intended to evoke restaurants up north, with menu items such as fish fry, prime rib and burgers.
    — Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2023
  • People who already live in Maine are looking for a place on a lake up north, or Western Maine, for the mountains.
    — Jim Morrison, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2023
  • Down here, a big-time hockey fix can be easier to access than up north.
    — Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The best storm chances today will remain up north in Oklahoma.
    — Kxas-Tv (nbc5), Dallas News, 7 July 2023
  • The system is expected to trigger more severe weather in the south, as well as more heavy rain and snow up north.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Or up north, white sharks feeding on seals, for example.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 July 2024
  • Only six teams from up north have reached the NHL’s championship series.
    — Matt Bonesteel, Washington Post, 24 June 2024
  • And, of course, there’s always a chance this season’s hurricanes bring a few more flamingos up north to join the state’s growing flocks.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 June 2024
  • Summer winds from the South also push air pollution up north.
    — Mel Fronczek, Dallas News, 12 June 2023
  • This week, the crew is taking its journey up north to Montreal, Canada.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Taylor Swift will be spending a little extra time up north next year.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Three of the farms were built in Bedouin villages up north where the majority of the residents no longer work in agriculture.
    — Judith Segaloff, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2023
  • As violence raged up north, word spread that the settlement was so close to the Thai border that the military would not risk an airstrike there.
    — Yan Naing, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2023
  • This country’s park system boasts giant reptiles in the south, big grizzlies up north, and stealthy cats in between.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Once a child whose adoption had fallen through joined the family on a two-week vacation up north.
    — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 2 June 2023
  • If levels stay at G1, the storm might be visible only to those up north into Michigan.
    — Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Just head to any Oklahoma Joe’s location to find out—there are three in and around Tulsa and two up north in Nebraska.
    — Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Robinson’s suburban life up north was very different from her time in the rural South.
    — Sarah Enelow-Snyder, Washington Post, 20 July 2024
  • After years of legal rancor, most of Thornton’s neighbors grudgingly agree that the city has a legal right to the water from up north.
    — Jeremy Anderberg, Longreads, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Wildlife With ice declining, bowhead whales of the Pacific Arctic are staying longer in the waters up north.
    — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The majority of worm farmers live up north and are mainly sell to bass and freshwater anglers.
    — Ashley Miznazi, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2024

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