western

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“The universal reaction was shock,” said Lesa Lessard Pearson, chair of the Select Board in Belchertown, a town of 15,000 in western Massachusetts.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

Tyler and Cora steady a western redbud sapling as Atticus holds up a bag of soil and Eliza shovels out the fragrant earth.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

In another document the unnamed "senior U.S intelligence officer" provided his first-hand account of seeing phenomena from a military helicopter in 2025 at a location listed as "western United States".

From BBC • May 22, 2026

This would be achieved by "repurposing plants", such as in Poissy outside the French capital, and "leveraging partnerships" such as in Madrid and Zaragoza in Spain, as well as Rennes in western France, it said.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Churchill was a tiny town in northeast Canada, a thousand kilometers south of the Arctic Circle on the western side of Hudson Bay.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz