plains

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Those monumental physical traces are to be found in the fertile plains, mountainsides and deserts of the Middle East.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

The biggest test could come on the second day of Hajj, when pilgrims gather for prayer and repentance at Mount Arafat, a granite hill and surrounding plains at the edge of Mecca.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

The others, with their hot deserts and big-sky plains, seem more obvious: Texas, Arizona and California.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026

At the time, this region was an elevated landscape surrounded by hot, dry plains.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

When a scouting party spotted a herd, Ne-kah-e-se-y and the other hunters raced on their horses across the plains, the hooves pounding the earth like drums, the manes whipping the riders’ sweating, gleaming faces.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann