heartland

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Tule fog—a dense, low-lying mist named for a reedlike plant that grows in the region’s marshes—can settle over California’s vast agricultural heartland, typically from November through March.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Southern Lebanon is the heartland of Lebanon's Shia Muslim community, Hezbollah's main support base.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

KwaZulu-Natal is the heartland of the country's dairy industry.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

The community is otherwise mostly present across their coastal heartland in Latakia and Tartus provinces.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

It seemed to me that the earth was generous and outgoing here in the heartland, and perhaps the people took a cue from it.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck