eastern

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Look toward the eastern horizon in early summer, or straight up if it is late summer.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

The two men traveled to India and were inspired by the eastern spirituality’s view on death that was essentially the opposite of their own.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

A proper autobiography, related from early life in eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey to the present, might have appealed in due time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

On May 23, the authorities suspended all commercial flights to and from the airport in Bunia, the capital of Ituri in the conflict-plagued eastern DRC, allowing only medical and humanitarian planes in.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Descendants of the Siberians settled the thick forests of the eastern United States, the swamps of the Mississippi Delta, the deserts of Mexico and steaming jungles of Central America.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari