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northbound

[nawrth-bound]

adjective

  1. going toward the north.

    northbound traffic.



northbound

/ ˈɔːθˌʊԻ /

adjective

  1. going or leading towards the north

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of northbound1

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; north + -bound 2
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Personnel from the CHP and the Los Angeles Fire Department arrived at the crash site at 2:25 a.m. on the northbound 101 Freeway, north of Tujunga Avenue, according to the CHP.

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Tuesday, freeway traffic appeared to be moving freely in the northbound lanes and slowly in the southbound lanes.

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Train service was delayed about 20 minutes after about 50 people blocked southbound and northbound trains at Washington Boulevard and Maple Avenue at midnight, said Jose Ubaldo, a Metro spokesperson.

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Train service was delayed about 20 minutes after about 50 “trespassers” blocked southbound and northbound trains at Washington Boulevard and Maple Avenue at midnight, said Jose Ubaldo, a Metro spokesperson.

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He begun the latest challenge at Stirling Point in Bluff - the southern tip of New Zealand's South Island - and ran northbound to the finish line in Cape Rēinga, in Northland.

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