eastern

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A California couple attacked by a bear outside their eastern Sierra Nevada home have survived the encounter after fighting off the animal with a water bottle and a hatchet, authorities said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Some 7 million people are displaced within Congo, mostly in the eastern provinces, of which Ituri is one.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

This allows warmer water to spread across the central and eastern tropical Pacific.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The two men traveled to India and were inspired by the eastern spirituality’s view on death that was essentially the opposite of their own.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

Jay later claimed that the entire eastern seaboard was illuminated each evening by protesters burning him in effigy.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis