easterly
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The fire in France's southwest Gironde region started with northerly winds, then westerly, then southerly, then easterly, then back again to the south, then the west...
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Instead of the usual easterly winds that blow from east to west, westerly winds develop.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 15, 2026
Like previous tests, the company plans to launch the Starship spacecraft on an easterly trajectory during a roughly hourlong flight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
A brisk easterly breeze will develop in southern England and south Wales.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
If Winterfell needed to brace for war, how much more so Riverrun, so much closer to King's Landing, with the power of easterly Rock looming to the west like a shadow.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
However, not all easterlies are made equal and in this case, the air that will be heading our way is not as cold was it was in 2018.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2025
The researchers found that changes in regional wind patterns — from warm-inducing westerlies to cold-bringing easterlies — were linked to both the warming and cooling periods the peninsula has undergone.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2016
On Wednesday morning, with easterlies blowing, he went out to recheck his lines for the prevailing wind.
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2010
For 84 days, Vihlen bobbed and tossed in the prevailing easterlies, subsisted on little else but bread and water, yet kept his sea legs and once happily waved greetings to a curious U.S. submarine.
From Time Magazine Archive
But he had had frequent experience with the vagaries of easterlies, and he knew that a summer easterly, when it comes, holds menacing possibilities.
From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Holman Day
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