heartland
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That cautious approach, Parrot says, is rooted in the club's role as the standard-bearer for a former mining heartland.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
A war-fueled surge in the price of fertilizer is reverberating from Wall Street to the American heartland, sending shares of producers soaring while forcing farmers into tough choices ahead of spring planting season.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
Job losses were most acute in Ontario, the country’s industrial heartland and home to the bulk of the automotive industry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
Last year saw sectarian violence in the country's coastal Alawite heartland and in southern Syria's Druze-majority Sweida province.
From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026
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
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Political Geography - Middle School
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Political Geography - High School
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