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heartland

[hahrt-land, -luhnd] / ˈhɑrtˌlænd, -lənd /
ADJECTIVE
back country
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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

Others ventured into the sort of heartland rock that'll earn him a hearty man-hug from Bruce Springsteen.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

The rise of Catholicism in the continent is accelerating the shift away from the church’s traditional European heartland and toward the global south.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

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

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

I was coming to recognize the unmistakably heartland brew of diesel fumes mixed with manure and restaurant exhaust.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz




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