eastern

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In mid-20th Century Bengal in eastern India, some of the biggest female stars on stage were actually men.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

"Europe is the eastern flank of the United States," he told a defence forum in Paris last week.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

One of the lesser-known tragedies is the story of Gary Stewart, a bar-prowling, hard-living singer from the hollers of eastern Kentucky.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Based on their findings, the researchers suggest that modern apes may have originated in northern Afro-Arabia, the Levant, or the eastern Mediterranean.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

It had been a large snake—as many of the rattlers in eastern Texas seem to be—and a solid direct strike.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen