heartland
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During his 2005 confirmation hearings to become chief justice, Roberts described an idyllic heartland childhood lifted from a John Cougar Mellencamp song, all “endless fields” that were “punctuated by an isolated silo or a barn.”
From Slate • May 7, 2026
Motorsport Valley in the British countryside serves as the global heartland for Formula One innovation and engineering.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
“This establishes Canada as a heartland for Shell while furthering our strategy to deliver more value with less emissions,” Shell Chief Executive Wael Sawan said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
There are already fears that China's industrial heartland, which serves as the factory of the world, will be impacted in the long term if this crisis continues.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
It is true that the Maya were numerous; archaeologists agree that more people lived in the heartland in 800 a.d. than today.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Political Geography - Middle School
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