eastern

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Etihad Rail Freight recently moved hundreds of Nissans from Fujairah, on the U.A.E.’s eastern coast, to Abu Dhabi, which is on the Persian Gulf, marking the country’s first vehicle transport by train.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

"It's definitely a big deal," said Wen Wen, a 24-year-old woman travelling from the eastern city of Nanjing, when asked by AFP about Trump's visit.

From Barron's • May 12, 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

Florent Montaclair, from Besançon in eastern France, was decorated with the Gold Medal of Philology in 2016 at a ceremony held at the National Assembly in Paris, attended by ministers and Nobel laureates.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

There icy runoff from the eastern snowcaps meets the sun in the west, pouring into a river that feeds the glacier blue lake.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera