western

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In a lab on the western edge of Paris, where the River Seine flows wide and trams slide past glass-fronted buildings and blossoming cherry trees, a technician called Rémi makes some adjustments with a spanner.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Within days, Zelenskyy extended similar agreements to the UAE and Qatar, sweeping the western shore of the Persian Gulf in a single diplomatic sprint.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

It has investments in storage tanks and gas stations, power plants, refiners and oil fields in the U.S. and western Africa.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Schools in the western region of the district:

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

As for the constitutional question, he regarded federal jurisdiction over the western territories as a clear precedent that had been established, irony of ironies, by Jefferson’s executive action in the Louisiana Purchase.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis