western

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Herta Müller was born in 1953 in the Banat region of western Romania to a German-speaking Swabian family.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Instability there could spill into neighboring states in western Africa.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Fighting meanwhile persists across much of the country, including western Darfur and southern Kordofan.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

Ahead of the public hearings on Monday, Bell acknowledged a "sharp spike" in antisemitism that had been "mirrored in other western countries," adding that it was linked to "events in the Middle East".

From BBC • May 4, 2026

The 586th, whose Yak fighters were stationed in western Ukraine until September 1944, had a creepy and sobering experience between defensive flights during the hot summer.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein