eastward
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The effect results in the typical east-to-west trade winds weakening or even sometimes reversing, allowing warmer water from the western Pacific to move eastward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
The country sits on one of the most active tectonic boundaries in South America, where the Caribbean Plate is sliding eastward along the South American Plate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Because those winds move eastward in the direction of the planet's rotation, they heat the evening region more strongly.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 11, 2026
Day two of the journey for most is the eastward march up Ennerdale in the Lake District.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
Pippin gazed anxiously eastward, as if at any moment he might see thousands of orcs pouring over the fields.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
