heartland
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The government has begun airlifting meat and vegetables from the eastern agricultural heartland of Santa Cruz and central city of Cochabamba to try alleviate the shortages.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
“The projects we incentivize have to fit this heartland, middle America approach to things,” says Tennessee deputy governor Stuart McWhorter.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Cannock Chase has also been historically considered a Labour heartland, and at the district council the party held 18 of the 36 seats going into Thursday's election.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
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
This is the heartland, here, I’m leading a pampered life, may the Lord make us truly grateful, said Aunt Lvdia, or was it thankful, and I start to eat the food.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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Political Geography - Middle School
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