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southwards

/ ˈsʌðədz; ˈsaʊθwədz /

adverb

  1. towards the south
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

And over the last few days the source of the air has been the Arctic, with cold north-westerly winds feeding southwards across the country.

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It said he had not seen Shadia for 10 months because he had stayed in northern Gaza while his wife and their eight children had fled southwards.

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The area of high pressure keeping us dry and sunny will probably move southwards, with low pressure developing to the north and the west of the UK.

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One reason, some say, could be the high concentration of security forces and intelligence activity in the valley, which may have forced militants to move southwards.

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Powerful drug cartels are engaged in a territorial war over "plazas" - the drug-smuggling and people-trafficking routes north, with illegal guns also being moved southwards.

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