go west
Example Sentences
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It also makes much clearer how hard the homesteaders had to work, how desperate they had to be to go west at all, and how cruel and harsh the conditions were.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Route 66 was 20 years old and World War II had just ended when Bobby Troup, an aspiring songwriter from Pennsylvania, decided to go west.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
In the station concourse a young soldier with a Kalashnikov slung across his back was hugging his girlfriend before she left to go west and he went back to his unit.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
Those won’t go west of Oklahoma, though, according to scientists.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2024
“She ... she said I would go west and face a god who had turned. I would retrieve what was stolen and see it safely returned.”
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
