How to Use north of in a Sentence

north of

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  • At least 7,000 acres have burned since the fire sparked north of the town.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • Acampo is about 33 miles south of Sacramento and roughly five miles north of Lodi.
    — David Caraccio updated July 4, Sacbee.com, 4 July 2026
  • The storm will continue to track northwestward near the island of Rota and likely just north of Guam.
    — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
  • Inflation has been running north of that goal for the past five years, with the most recent surge in part due to the Iran war and ongoing impacts from tariffs.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 2 July 2026
  • The lowest price to get in to this year’s Super Bowl was just north of $2,000 by comparison.
    — Sergio Gonzalez, New York Times, 28 June 2026
  • Colorado’s Eighth District, north of Denver, is not a liberal bastion.
    — Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026
  • The case is being tried in Martin County circuit court, just north of Palm Beach County.
    — ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • Set the scene The picturesque historical town is about 45 minutes north of Ithaca and an hour southwest of Syracuse.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026
  • Over the weekend, officials declared a state of emergency due to the Gold Mountain Fire burning north of the City of Ouray.
    — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • Expect temperatures in the low 90s later Thursday farther north of Sacramento where that Delta breeze won’t reach.
    — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
  • The deportees were taken to Hotel Santuario in La Guaira, a coastal city north of the capital, Caracas.
    — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
  • Living on the northeast coast of Taiwan, some 100 miles (177 km) north of Hualien, the amount of noticeable tremors drops to around 50 a year.
    — New Atlas, 28 June 2026
  • Its historic, walkable Sonoma Plaza, an hour north of San Francisco, offers diverse dining, galleries, and events.
    — Kaila Yu, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • It's located north of San Francisco and features 4,863 square feet of space, while also overlooking the surrounding rolling hills.
    — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026
  • Days after Miller shared details about the car accident, which occurred north of Joplin, Missouri, a GoFundMe was set up to pay for hospital bills.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
  • On June 27, Martha Irene Van Egmond, 83, died in Bolton, a small town about 200 miles north of New Orleans.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 5 July 2026
  • Hours later, Bella’s back in the medical tent after a bruising sub-eight-second ride at the Moreton Bay Rodeo in Redcliffe, north of Brisbane.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • Evans said the socialist label won’t play in his district among the Latino population, which sits north of Denver, pointing to municipal results in Rutinel’s hometown last year.
    — James A. Downs, The Washington Examiner, 1 July 2026
  • Hummel said the grass fire, burning north of the Military Reserve and southeast of Hulls Gulch Reserve, was still spreading to the north and northeast, which is away from residential areas.
    — Matan Josephy, Idaho Statesman, 6 July 2026
  • The town of Fort Myers Beach, located off the southwest Florida coast about 25 miles north of Naples, addressed the strike in a post on Facebook Friday.
    — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 4 July 2026
  • In Glacier View, Alaska, about two hours north of Anchorage, celebrating America’s Independence Day makes fireworks a thing of the past.
    — Carmela Asmar, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • According to the outlet, the coastal region of La Guaira, which was located north of Venezuela's capital Caracas, suffered some of the heaviest losses in casualties and building damage.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 27 June 2026
  • The incident happened Friday in Yountville, an unincorporated town located 43 miles north of San Francisco.
    — Jason Green, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • Revolut’s latest fund raise valued the firm at $75bn and Storonsky has spoken of a future IPO which could value the business—if someone doesn’t buy it before then – at north of $200bn.
    — Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 3 July 2026
  • Police said the unrest at the prison in Negombo, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) north of the capital, Colombo, began on Sunday and continued on Monday.
    — ABC News, 6 July 2026
  • High temperatures will be generally 90-to-95 degrees west and north of Boston and feels-like readings will be between 95 and 100 degrees as the humidity starts to ooze in.
    — Terry Eliasen, CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • Dunnigan sits along Interstate 5 in northern Yolo County, about 19 miles north of Woodland and roughly 40 miles northwest of Sacramento.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • The victim in the latest attack had stopped to swim with her boyfriend and friend in the Econlockhatchee River just north of Orlando Sunday afternoon when the alligator bit her, the FWC said in a press briefing.
    — Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
  • Motown was founded in 1959 by Berry Gordy in one of the three homes on West Grand Boulevard just north of downtown Detroit, that currently house the Motown Museum.
    — ABC News, 1 July 2026
  • The boy was hit in a residential neighborhood near the 100 block of Allen Road in West Park, a city just north of Miami Gardens, a Broward Sheriff’s Office news release said.
    — Kairi Lowery, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026

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