eastward

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From Friday evening through early Monday, Winter Storm Fern is expected to move eastward from Texas through the Northeast, snarling traffic, grounding planes, and delaying deliveries.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

The storm is expected to bring widespread heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain to parts of the South on Friday and then spread eastward over the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 22, 2026

Germany has been passing new laws, striking agreements with neighboring countries and reinforcing bridges and railways, he said, all to allow the movement of troops, ammunition and hardware eastward.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

Over the weekend, Syrian troops continued their eastward push.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026

From there we saw for a while, away below and beyond us eastward, vague vast lands blurred with clouds and shadows of clouds and streaked with silver of rivers, the Plains of Rer.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin