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east

adjective as in situated to the east

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But the jihadist insurgency has continued, and has made much of the north and east of the country ungovernable.

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Police in Almere, which sits to the east of Amsterdam, have appealed for witnesses after the arson attack on Tuesday evening in the city's scenic Beatrixpark.

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Elordi’s first memory growing up in Brisbane on the east coast of Australia is either his grandmother biting his butt or him careening down a blue slide into his swimming pool.

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Even more light enters from the east and west galleries, which are open to the sky.

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That year, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, seeking to eliminate or relocate Native Americans east of the Mississippi.

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