Examples of the Pacific Northwest in a Sentence
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After Twin Peaks was canceled in its second season, Lynch returned to the Pacific Northwest with Fire Walk With Me, which was considered a box office and critical failure upon release, but has since been reappraised (and gotten the Criterion Collection treatment).
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Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2025
That year, temperatures soared in the Pacific Northwest.
—Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 21 May 2025
Baseball is a small world, where players’ paths intersect and diverge over the years, especially in the Pacific Northwest.
—Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 20 May 2025
There is danger lurking on the sea floor off the Pacific Northwest’s coast: After centuries of two tectonic plates pushing up against each other, the Cascadia subduction zone that runs from Northern California all the way up to British Columbia is due to rupture — possibly in our lifetimes.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 20 May 2025
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Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2025
That year, temperatures soared in the Pacific Northwest.
—Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 21 May 2025
Baseball is a small world, where players’ paths intersect and diverge over the years, especially in the Pacific Northwest.
—Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 20 May 2025
There is danger lurking on the sea floor off the Pacific Northwest’s coast: After centuries of two tectonic plates pushing up against each other, the Cascadia subduction zone that runs from Northern California all the way up to British Columbia is due to rupture — possibly in our lifetimes.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 20 May 2025
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“The Pacific Northwest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Pacific%20Northwest. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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