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eastern

[ee-stern] / ˈi stərn /
ADJECTIVE
concerning the direction to the east
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Even Mayor Zohran Mamdani has added to the speculation with a video on social media warning New Yorkers -- and celebrity couples -- of a heat wave hitting the eastern United States this week.

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

Meanwhile, central and eastern parts of Ontario, including Montreal, are also predicted to see high temperatures.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

Sadly, a “prolonged, dangerous heat wave will intensify across most of the central to eastern U.S. this week,” the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Institute, a federal scientific and regulatory agency, now warns.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026

A heatwave developing across the eastern United States will bring daytime heat, high humidity and stifling overnight temperatures as Ben Rich explains.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

Navy divers, or "frogmen," used a mini-submarine to place a "pod" on an important Soviet underwater communications cable in the Sea of Okhotsk, north of Japan and near the eastern coast of the Soviet Union.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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