heartland
Example Sentences
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That cautious approach, Parrot says, is rooted in the club's role as the standard-bearer for a former mining heartland.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
It's a project long pushed for by Canada's oil heartland but one which faces significant hurdles.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
In a college sports landscape lorded over by billionaires, none other than John Mellencamp—the 74-year-old heartland rocker—has played no small part in Indiana’s rise from laughingstock to the No. 1 team in the country.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
The community is otherwise mostly present across their coastal heartland in Latakia and Tartus provinces.
From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025
The big difference between these numbers matters less than one might expect: a few thousand square miles of farmland was enough to feed the millions in the Maya heartland.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Political Geography - Middle School
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Political Geography - High School
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