eastern

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Living in the eastern United States between 83 million and 76 million years ago, Deinosuchus schwimmeri was a school-bus-sized relative of modern alligators that preyed on dinosaurs.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

The roughly 1,000-mile-long pipeline began operations in 1950, connecting oilfields of eastern Saudi Arabia to the port of Sidon in Lebanon, on the Mediterranean Sea.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

She was a retired former post office worker living in one of the poorest districts in the country near Hungary’s eastern border with Romania.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

And huge tubes for the transport of ammonia and hydrogen from the port of Rotterdam to the south eastern part of the Netherlands are also due to run through Moerdijk.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

It’s raining outside, yes, but it’s also raining inside, where an eastern white pine has smashed through Axel’s bay window.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers