flatland
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The partners leased their first of three parcels of barren flatland for around $25,000 a month, anchored by a dilapidated ranch house.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
And much of the flatland area that McNeill views as most appropriate for development is restricted by open space easements purchased by the county in the 1990s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2025
"I was raised in Delta dirt, sunshine and flatland that goes on for miles and miles," she sings, as people nod their heads and stomp their feet to the beat.
From BBC ● May 31, 2025
In other world championships decided Thursday, Yu Shoji of Japan won the men’s BMX freestyle flatland competition and Aude Cassagne of France took the women’s title.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 10, 2023
This man was different: it would have been easy for him to hunt in the flatland, where there were wide skies and light, but he chose instead to go into dark and thick forests.
From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith
Ukrainians argue that stopping the Russians if they reached the flatlands would be much harder.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
The bulk of homes were in the flatlands, built on a grid with multiple escape routes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2025
Leland is in the flatlands of cotton and soybean country and has a population of about 3,900.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2024
Homer French resides in a mountain wilderness, dry and sparsely populated, with panoramic views that include hazy intimations of gridded settlement in the flatlands below.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
When he treed a coon or possum in a persimmon tree or on a wild-grape vine, his voice would roll across the flatlands.
From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong
