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• Then, take a short trip down south to the island of Samui.
  — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2024
• Still not known if kidnapped to Gaza or killed at the party down south.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
• These storms could pack an even bigger punch than those down south.
  — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
• How did the school end up here down south where it’s not connected to anything?
  — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 13 Feb. 2024
• The first shock to the system came from a hurricane that knocked out some ports and refineries down south.
  — Sarah Bowman, IndyStar, 30 Sep. 2022
• Taking care of family has, in part, kept her down south her entire life.
  — Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2022
• One night in Minneapolis around 2018, Hall brought out a cup of green drank that harked back to their days using down south.
  — Washington Post, 9 May 2022
• Roman was still in Kyiv on March 12 when another soldier called from down south.
  — Megan Specia, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
• After many years of filming in Sydney and then making a big jump to the Gold Coast in 2023, this season of the dating show will head down south, to Melbourne.
  — Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 11 July 2023
• At the same time, more and more of the region’s storms are reaching Category 3 to 5 strength, as currents in the warm, humid air down south brew more rain-laden clouds and push them up the coast.
  — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2022
• Kim Kardashian dressed like a work of art at Art Basel, joining the flock of celebrities who headed down south to Miami's big art show week.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 2 Dec. 2022
• In a key scene shot in the yard of the house on Bathtub Row, Kitty hangs up laundry while Oppenheimer heads down south to test the atomic bomb, his most triumphant moment.
  — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
• David Benavidez is happy to share the night with his good friends from down south, and wins for all three could change the trajectory of their respective careers.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 24 Mar. 2023
• From here, park guests can witness the same technicolor sunsets and rust-red canyon views that are famous down south, but with a more relaxed vibe.
  — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 23 June 2022
• There was talk of moving from the spa to an interim space, such as a high-rise in Jerusalem or a rural community somewhere down south.
  — William Booth, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2023
• Like a trip that this same Beta aircraft took last year out to Arkansas, this journey down south was a chance for regular people to see a neat new plane.
  — Rob Verger, Popular Science, 26 Oct. 2023
• However, the Logies are heading down south in 2023, taking place in Sydney after three decades.
  — Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 5 Mar. 2023
• Every year, Pritchard saw her former students reach their late teens and flee to the cities down south: Inverness, Aberdeen, even Edinburgh.
  — WIRED, 31 Jan. 2023
• An in-state offensive lineman chose to head away from Florida instead of staying down south.
  — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 23 July 2022
• And down south, Tucson experienced a full thunderstorm with pouring rain and high winds.
  — Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 18 July 2023
• But down south, Russian forces were finishing their brutal siege of Mariupol.
  — Thomas Gibbons-Neff David Guttenfelder, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2022
• Just in time for everyone’s summer vacations down south, the Michelin Guide has revealed this year’s stars in Florida.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 12 May 2023
• Many of the largest fires are expected to burn all summer and occasionally send a blast of smoke down south as atmospheric patterns shift.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 12 July 2023
• The Venturi Antarctica has been operating down south since late 2021.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 1 Feb. 2023
• Even South Jersey is seeing price increases as people move down south because the entry price point is lower, Hughes said.
  — Alena Botros, Fortune, 25 Apr. 2023
• Even South Jersey is seeing price increases as people move down south because the entry price point is lower, Hughes said.
  — Alena Botros, Fortune, 25 Apr. 2023
• My music started off in Tallahassee and started swinging its way up north and down south in Florida.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 13 Mar. 2024
• Both varieties generally travel north in the summer and spend winters in warmer waters down south.
  — Dodai Stewart Anna Watts, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2023
• Without a functioning central-heating system in the arena and only two officials on hand to observe and report, it was bound to get a little weird down south along the border.
  — Evan Dudley, al, 16 Feb. 2023
• Till, a Black teen from Chicago was visiting family down south in Mississippi during the summer of 1955.
  — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 25 July 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024