eastward

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Because those winds move eastward in the direction of the planet's rotation, they heat the evening region more strongly.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

But under the big open skies and cramped spaces of their eastward journey in a faulty car, traveling between what we glean is a tough past and a hoped-for future, we know something’s off.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

This sharp temperature contrast resulted in a strengthening jet stream - strong winds high in the atmosphere which travels eastward into the North Atlantic.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

The State Department urged Americans in all of the Middle East from Egypt eastward to leave for their own safety.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

I dared not go far over the hilltops, lest I lose my backtrack; it was wild country, steep, full of creeks and ravines, rising fast to the cloud-haunted mountains eastward.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin