westward
Example Sentences
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"What I expect, as we start inching westward, is we're going to see more and more of them."
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
According to Elisabetta Iorfida, ESA's Swarm Mission Scientist, the Pacific reversal challenges the idea that stable westward circulation dominates the outer core.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Forecasters expect the heat dome to gradually shift westward next week, but not before millions of Americans contend with dangerous temperatures during the holiday weekend.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
I teach my students about Didion’s ancestor, Nancy Hardin Cornwall, who trekked westward with the Donner-Reed party in 1846.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
The sun continued making its way westward in the sky and was almost directly above us now.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
