western

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Yosemite National Park is enormous, covering more than 1,100 square miles on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada mountain range.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Fighting meanwhile persists across much of the country, including western Darfur and southern Kordofan.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

The last major temblor on the West Tahoe fault, along Lake Tahoe’s western shore, is capable of an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 to 7.4.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

"This is the region's main industry," he said, estimating the plant accounts for roughly five percent of the economic output of the western region of Extremadura and supports about 4,000 direct and indirect jobs.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

In February 1945, when they were in western Prussia, once more the winter weather made the roads utterly impossible to travel on.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein