east

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One of the ingredients of El Niño is triggered when the trade winds in the Pacific Ocean — winds that reliably blow from east to west — weaken.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026

Instead of the usual easterly winds that blow from east to west, westerly winds develop.

From Science Daily • Jun. 15, 2026

Sixty-five local musicians in Salina packed their instruments and in a carpool caravan drove 30 minutes east, to the town of Abilene, population 6,500.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

The night before, Ukraine struck a military plant hundreds of miles east of Moscow using domestically produced "Flamingo" missiles, according to Kyiv.

From Barron's • Jun. 14, 2026

The land rose in one slow-sloped mountain to the west, and other, smaller hills, rising and falling to the east.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell