western

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This work became part of a larger project, led by Professor David Reich and Dr Iñigo Olalde at Harvard University, involving geneticists and archaeologists from across western Europe.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

The state continues to see an unprecedented uptick in poisonings and deaths associated with death cap, or Amanita phalloides; and western destroying angel, Amanita ocreata, mushrooms, according to the California Department of Public Health.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

I arranged to meet Samuel Plá Benitez of Lynxperience for a three-day search in Extremadura, a western rural region of Spain.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

In Shomera, a leafy town at the western end of the border, drone attacks have left trails of fibre-optic wires along the roads – and a new sense of fear in this battle-hardened community.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Haiti occupies the western third of the island of Hispaniola, in the Caribbean, while the more prosperous Dominican Republic, once ruled by Spain, governs the eastern two-thirds.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French