heartland
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Daniels came to Springfield in 1988, a transplant, after growing in northwest Pennsylvania and working all over the heartland.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
More than 15 million square feet of industrial space houses distribution hubs for corporate giants including Amazon, funneling freight from West Coast ports into the heartland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Together, the evidence points toward potters who migrated from the Mississippian heartland and brought both their technical knowledge and materials with them.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Attacks on the Houthis have also spread across Yemen, including to the Saada region, the group's northern heartland.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
The Maya heartland, in other words, was a network of artificially habitable terrestrial islands.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Behind the red-brick facades at the plant in Wolverhampton, western England -- once typical of the UK's industrial heartlands -- Safran is developing its new business of actuation systems.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
Chinese brands are now making inroads into Volkswagen’s European heartlands, and President Trump’s tariffs have added billions of dollars in costs to its import-reliant U.S. business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The French president is eager for Sharaa to maintain his pledge to protect minorities, after sectarian bloodshed in Syria's Alawite and Druze heartlands last year.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
If Monaco, Monza and Spa-Francorchamps were the circuits that defined F1 heritage—the heartlands of European motor racing—Miami has come to embody the sport’s brash American future.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
The Conservatives are fighting to hold on to their heartlands in the north-east and along the southern border.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
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