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Crans-Montana is in Switzerland's southwestern Wallis canton and the hearings are taking place in the cantonal capital Sion.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
Following this, both the US and Iran scrambled to locate the missing crew member in a mountainous region of southwestern Iran.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Reading from a sheet of paper, a female anchor announced that a U.S. aircrew had ejected from a plane in southwestern Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
U.S. forces launched a rescue mission in southwestern Iran after at least one American crew member ejected from a fighter jet downed by Iranian defenses, according to a U.S. official and news outlets.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Marion was a small, idyllic town of about fifty-five hundred people set in the lush, tree-covered mountains of southwestern Virginia near the Hungry Mother State Park.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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