Northwards

Arabia, to any particular province, but assigned generally to the comparatively low grounds towards the coast; and the Bedouins extend this appellation northwards as far as Yembo. ❋ John Lewis Burckhardt (1800)

For the last years great part of the export gas is supplied to northwards, that is, to Russia which re-exports it to Europe and CIS.

Some: Tell es-Safîyeh; others: a valley near Maresa; others, with Sept. "northwards". ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

"Today's snowstorm for the mid-Atlantic has shifted northwards, meaning the that the maximum of 4 to 8 inches of snow from this storm will pass north of snow-weary Philadelphia, ❋ Unknown (2010)

There can be a sense of tragic timelessness in Haiti, an impression that one gets when driving northwards from the capital along Route Nationale 1, where tent camps now ring either side of the road, and which meanders along the Côte des Arcadins and into the agricultural heartland of the Artibonite Valley. ❋ Michael Deibert (2011)

Meanwhile, China closely monitored typhoon Muifa as it tracked northwards across the East China Sea last week. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"We've had control measures that make us bleed economically and they are getting tougher, and it isn't making any difference to the disease, which is still spreading slowly eastwards and northwards," says Rowe. ❋ Unknown (2011)

If we return to the idea of separation from the parasitical London and home counties, perhaps Wales, the Midlands and the North of England should look northwards to the one electorate that has rejected all three Westminster parties? ❋ Unknown (2011)

The violence, corruption, and crime that flourished in the republic in the early 1990s seemed to spread northwards, year by year. ❋ Daniel Treisman (2011)

But the price is right $10 a day, so I mount the gunny-sack and sheep-fleece saddle, and with a crude map in hand start loping northwards up the jagged coast. ❋ Richard Bangs (2011)

We cycled northwards along the dramatic coastline before turning east into the interior, stopping in the village of Sencelles for a very simple lunch of pa amb oli Mallorcan bread with olive oil and crushed fresh tomato with ham and cheese. ❋ Unknown (2011)

There is every chance that, as US troops start withdrawing from Afghanistan, trouble could spread northwards, placing Uzbekistan firmly in the sights of Islamic militants. ❋ Unknown (2012)

There can be a sense of tragic timelessness in Haiti, an impression that one gets when driving northwards from the capital along Route Nationale 1, where tent camps now ring either side of the road, and which meanders along the Côte des Arcadins and into the agricultural heartland of the Artibonite Valley. ❋ Michael Deibert (2011)