prairie
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These days, new signs sit in the prairie grass: “SAY NO TO THE PRISON! Keep the country, country.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
Since OpenAI’s ChatGPT lit this prairie fire in November 2022, the semiconductor ETF is up around 190%.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
Among the factors in that slide was a drought that struck the cattle-raising prairie states starting in 2020 and lasting through 2022.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025
The dusty grass verges surrounding the prison are teeming with noisy prairie dogs scurrying into their burrows whenever disturbed by prison vehicles coming and going.
From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025
Her brother had gone out to Montana himself and assured her this was the text any homesteader must have for farming in eastern prairie country.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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Vocabulary lists containing prairie
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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The United States
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