western

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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

Satrapi told the Guardian in 2024 that Persepolis was about making western readers reflect on the humanity of Iranian people, and to realise: "Oh, they're actually human beings like us".

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Situated between the tectonically active western United States and the more stable interior of the North American plate, the Wyoming Craton has experienced significant erosion over geologic time.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

For over two decades, Rondon, now forty-eight and the commander of Brazil’s Telegraphic Commission, explored and mapped the “wild, western wilderness of Brazil.”

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple