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heartland

[hahrt-land, -luhnd] / ˈhɑrtˌlænd, -lənd /
ADJECTIVE
back country
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But in Brazil’s conservative heartland, that strategy is backfiring.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

This forceful memoir recounts the Waldrop household’s pilgrimages across America’s Holy Spirit-scorched heartland.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Once home to the world's largest steel mill, the former industrial heartland of Gary has felt the outage on many fronts.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

Little ditty ’bout millions of Americans growing old — and disillusioned — in the heartland.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 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

In the bandit heartlands of north-west Nigeria, the number of incidents recorded by the international conflict monitoring group Acled rose 78% in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Historically, most of Argentina's internationals have come through private schools in the country's rugby heartlands.

From BBC Jul. 17, 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

Beyond its historical heartlands, the church wants to be a strong voice in the global South, where most of the world’s Catholics live.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 2026

He traveled across the country, including to Hungary’s traditionally Fidesz-friendly heartlands where few of Orbán’s challengers had ever gone.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 12, 2026




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