eastern
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The drought is particularly visible in the southern and eastern provinces, where the grass has turned the colour of straw and the Rhine this summer reached the lowest level ever recorded there.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Water-bombing aircraft and helicopters were sent from across Europe to aid the firefighters working in the park near its eastern border with Germany.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
At least four people have died and five others are wounded in eastern Japan as record rainfall pummelled the Chiba prefecture near the capital Tokyo.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Today, visitors enter via the ornate Nativity façade, on the church’s eastern side.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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
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