western
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Similarly in California through the summer of 2021, the intense fires raging across the western United States generated pyrocumulonimbus.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
In the wild, they grow only on the western slopes of California's Sierra Nevada.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
In Spain, King Felipe VI, visiting an emergency shelter for evacuees on Madrid's western outskirts, said the wildfires had caused "incalculable" damage to his country's natural heritage.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
The town of 8,000 people, located on the far western edge of the metropolitan area, has been evacuated.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
In 1784 Jefferson also proposed a bill in the federal Congress prohibiting slavery in all the western territories; it failed to pass by a single vote.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
