western

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Reliance Industries owns the Jamnagar petrochemical complex in western India, a sprawling industrial facility described as the largest single-site crude oil refinery in the world.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

He had told her that he had spent more than 30 hours at sea, and was "fainting" from exhaustion by the time he reached the waters off Taean, a county on South Korea's western coast.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

In the 19th century’s first four decades, Chapman traveled, mostly on foot, throughout western Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, bringing seeds and methods of cultivation to settlers flooding the region.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

The margin of records across the western US was "utterly absurd", its chief scientist Robert Rohde said.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Most would trade for western goods at a nice profit and turn back at Kashgar.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri