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upstreamFrom the consumer to the provider. See downstream. upstream 1. in or towards the higher part of a stream; against the current 2. (in the oil industry) of or for any of the stages prior to oil production, such as exploration or research
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Then we set out in the launch, turning her nose upstream. She could not have forced the heavy dugout upstream against it, and all that was left her was to attempt either to make the shore without being seen by those upon the deck of the Kincaid, or to throw herself upon their mercy--otherwise she must be swept out to sea. It had been imagined that she "would not know," and would think she was traveling upstream. |
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