: southward direction or part
sail to the southward
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Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
The first, closer to China, runs southward from Alaska’s Aleutian archipelago through Japan and Taiwan and down past the Philippines.
—Kyle Balzer, Foreign Affairs, 21 Nov. 2024
Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
On December 4, two destroyers and one frigate of the Chinese navy were spotted transiting the Miyako Strait southward.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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What To Know The U.S.-Japan aerial exercise was carried out over the waters of the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea, and the Philippine Sea southeast of Japan's Okinawa Island, which are located on the first island chain that extends from Japan southward to the Philippines via Taiwan.
—Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
The first, closer to China, runs southward from Alaska’s Aleutian archipelago through Japan and Taiwan and down past the Philippines.
—Kyle Balzer, Foreign Affairs, 21 Nov. 2024
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Open-source satellite imagery captured the warship sailing through the waterway southward.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
On December 4, two destroyers and one frigate of the Chinese navy were spotted transiting the Miyako Strait southward.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Southward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southward. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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