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eastern

[ee-stern] / ˈi stərn /
ADJECTIVE
concerning the direction to the east
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Ahead of Pacific Coast’s move into Venezuela, Fiyaz and a group of company executives in April made visits to PetroDelta offices in the eastern oil hub of Maturin, according to people familiar with the situation.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

On Tuesday, Hunt Oil, another U.S. wildcatter with a long history of working in far-off jurisdictions, signed a production-sharing agreement with Venezuela to help pump oil from two fields on the country’s eastern flank.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

The company is based in Hangzhou, in eastern China.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Firefighters worked through the night to make a crucial link-up between the eastern and northern fronts, under very difficult access conditions.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

As fighting continued, in 1781 in eastern Ohio, British troops displaced residents of the Moravian villages.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz




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