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

Monday is looking dry but an easterly wind is expected to develop, which will keep North Sea coastal areas cooler.

From BBC • May 19, 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

Since 2011, scientists have tracked the recurring appearance of the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt, a massive band of gulfweed that moves from the equator toward the Caribbean during periods of strong easterly winds.

From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2025

He had been no more than an ugly boy at easterly Rock when the city fell.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin