eastern

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Etihad Rail Freight recently moved hundreds of Nissans from Fujairah, on the U.A.E.’s eastern coast, to Abu Dhabi, which is on the Persian Gulf, marking the country’s first vehicle transport by train.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

"It's an encouraging step for the class action" lawsuit to be heard next year by a court in Soissons, eastern France, said Francois Carlier, director of the CLCV.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Kudryashev said a commander dispatched him and another foot soldier with the goal of reaching a point in a forest near Kreminna in eastern Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Seyffardt was a Dutch general who commanded a Waffen-SS unit of volunteers on the eastern front before he was assassinated by resistance fighters in 1943.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

We saw them lighting up the night sky all along the eastern horizon, and they did seem to be coming much closer all the time.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo