eastwards
Britishadverb
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By Sunday morning rain will have moved into Northern Ireland and will then progress eastwards to all but East Anglia and southeast England by dusk.
From BBC
Moscow is demanding that what it calls the "root causes" of the Ukraine war be addressed: an all-encompassing phrase with which Russia broaden its demands to include a halt to Nato enlargement eastwards.
From BBC
The city now stretches as far eastwards as far as Bingerville, which was the first capital of the French colony in the early decades of the last century.
From Barron's
In response to Russia's incursions into Poland and Romania, Nato has pledged to move troops and fighter jets eastwards.
From BBC
Current weather models show it getting caught in a weather front moving eastwards across the Atlantic steering instead towards Europe.
From BBC
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