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
Once out of the prairie in western Minnesota, the scenery got more conventional, with more towns, as well as larger cities.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026
The roof needed to be replaced to withstand heavy snow, hard rain and the golf-ball-sized hail of prairie thunderstorms.
From Salon • Dec. 18, 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
There is nothing like a predawn prairie to get the juices flowing.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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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