westward

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I teach my students about Didion’s ancestor, Nancy Hardin Cornwall, who trekked westward with the Donner-Reed party in 1846.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Wherever the group paused along their journey westward, they planted one.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

A fourth vessel, the Madagascar-flagged tanker Murlikishan, meanwhile crossed the strait westward into the Gulf on Tuesday morning through the Larak Island route.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Christopher Columbus was trying to find a westward route from Europe to Asia when he discovered the New World.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Along this they went westward, with the city ever climbing up like a green cloud upon their left; and as the night deepened more lights sprang forth, until all the hill seemed afire with stars.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien