westward

Example Sentences

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Kish, westward into the Gulf, has an airstrip.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

The market is due to see a rolling supply disruption unfolding “sequentially rather than simultaneously” — moving westward, “dictated by shipping times and buffered unevenly by regional inventories.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

Observers said this was aimed at allowing Israel to shift the Yellow Line westward.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025

After its takeover of the North Darfur capital of El-Fasher in October, the RSF has pushed westward in recent days, through enclaves inhabited by the Zaghawa ethnic group and controlled by an army-allied militia.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

My father’s dream was to gather his sons around him and move westward to the land of the setting sun, to the vineyards of California.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya