seaboard
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Plumes of midges carrying the infection are thought to have travelled up the eastern Irish seaboard from England, where there have been almost 300 cases of the disease since July.
From BBC
Early last week, Iran’s women’s soccer team stood on a field on Australia’s Gold Coast, a city on the country’s eastern seaboard, ready to play the first game in an international tournament.
"It's been a very big event for us as a country, really hitting almost our entire eastern seaboard of the North Island," said Minister for Emergency Management Mark Mitchell.
From BBC
If the merger happens, Union Pacific says it could build more trains specifically for destinations on the Eastern seaboard, reducing the need for railcars to be decoupled at a busy interchange.
They are frequently found in regions around the Mediterranean, as well as across continental Europe and along the Atlantic seaboard.
From Science Daily
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