prairie

Example Sentences

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But when you spend 12 hours seeing nothing but prairie with not a person, car or structure in sight, you realize what an amazing country we all live in.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

He said Thor is located on prairie farmland in central Saskatchewan, close to the geographic center of North America and nearby access to freight-rail lines operated by Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

One of Canada's main objectives during this trip is to ease Chinese tariffs on Canadian canola that have hurt farmers in the country's prairie provinces.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026

In the middle of everything is start-up OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, which lit the prairie fire in 2022.

From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025

By the time Margie drove on, the prairie was shrouded in the dark of night.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann