western

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Geological Survey has identified the Big Sur coastline as one of the most landslide-prone areas in the western United States.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

When I asked someone in the church about it, they explained that where the western Catholic church excluded figures of other races from its iconography, Salvador refused.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Satrapi told the Guardian in 2024 that Persepolis was about making western readers reflect on the humanity of Iranian people, and to realise: "Oh, they're actually human beings like us".

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Around 370,000 people across a swath of the country from Shikoku island in western Japan to Tokyo have been urged to evacuate, the government said in a statement.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Haiti occupies the western third of the island of Hispaniola, in the Caribbean, while the more prosperous Dominican Republic, once ruled by Spain, governs the eastern two-thirds.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French