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Upstream

/ˈʌpstrim/
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(adj) In a direction against the flow of a current or stream of fluid (typically water); upriver.

There is a bridge two miles upstream.
I saw a boat upstream of the bridge.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The salmon swim ____ every single year to reach their spawning grounds in the upper parts of the river today.

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