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
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 waterway, which flows through the industrial heartland of Germany, has been at record lows since late July when Europe was struggling through a series of heatwaves.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
The gateway to the industrial heartland of Southern China runs up through the wide, verdant swath of the Pearl River Delta.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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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 also eager for Sharaa to maintain his pledge to protect Syria's minorities, after sectarian bloodshed in its Alawite and Druze heartlands last year.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 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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