eastern

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“The rapidly developing capabilities of the Polish Armed Forces and the presence of U.S. forces in Poland strengthen NATO’s eastern flank,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

From Philadelphia, he traveled to groves and foraging sites deep in the remote woodsides of eastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Spanish authorities said a woman on that flight was being tested for hantavirus, having developed symptoms at home in eastern Spain.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

Freeport-McMoRan’s massive copper mining and smelting operation sits on the hills above the towns of Miami, Claypool and Globe in eastern Arizona.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

As the nineteenth century drew to a close, he saw a massive new wave of men flooding into Chicago, fleeing oppression in eastern Europe—from Poland, Czechoslovakia, Lithuania.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield