East Coast
Americannoun
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The first humpback was initially photographed in 2007 in Hervey Bay, in the state of Queensland on Australia's east coast.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Windswept Whitby sits on the east coast of Yorkshire, with its back to the North York Moors National Park and its face to the North Sea.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
They are, er, not wholly convinced that there's a level playing field when the east coast is threatening to usurp a giant from the west.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Most historians are concentrating on the birth itself, when 13 disparate colonies along the east coast of North America declared their intention to separate from Great Britain.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
On one side were the worn gray rocks where the sea lions sat, and on the other the harsh black rocks of the wild east coast.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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