western

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She always believed that the man, from a mining family in Germany's western Saarland region, was a lifelong member of the Social Democrats, Germany's labour party.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Beginning around 2010, the coal industry began pushing for new export sites in California, Oregon and Washington that would deliver coal from landlocked western states to energy-hungry markets in Asia.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

When I asked someone in the church about it, they explained that where the western Catholic church excluded figures of other races from its iconography, Salvador refused.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

They are also concentrated near the western edge of the Wyoming Craton and occur in regions where temperatures often exceed 700 degrees Celsius.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

Natrona sat on the western bluff of the Allegheny River northeast of Pittsburgh.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell