easterly

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Like previous tests, the company plans to launch the Starship spacecraft on an easterly trajectory during a roughly hourlong flight.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

The easterly breeze will strengthen further on Wednesday, making it feel rather chilly along some North Sea coasts.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

German media reports that conditions are tough at the sea-shore with an icy easterly wind.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Her mouth often pulls to the right when she speaks, her admirable non-native English tugged easterly in a Finnish accent.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

Cersei paced her cell, restless as the caged lions that had lived in the bowels of easterly Rock when she was a girl, a legacy of her grandfather’s time.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin