prairie
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The new sound system and eager performances made the prairie feel close.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
Laura Parker, a lawyer for the center, said it can be hard for people to understand why a tiny lizard, or rare mussel species, or the lesser prairie chicken are worth preserving.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
Only today’s would-be homesteaders look to TikTok stars like Ballerina Farm’s Hannah Neeleman for inspiration or don Gunne Sax-style prairie dresses and call the look cottagecore.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
In the books and TV adaptations, Laura vividly narrates daily life on the prairie, recounting her adventures and mundane activities in such a way that many readers say they see themselves in adolescent Laura.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
My own head filled with memories of footpaths, burrows, bushes, and faint rises I’d grown to know on the prairie, faint reminders of our old home.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
Refinery issues in the Great Lakes and the prairies of Canada fed into significant price increases for those two areas, including the states of Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and Wisconsin.
From MarketWatch ● May 1, 2026
The Florida Everglades are a unique environmental region comprising marshes, prairies, forests, mangroves and estuaries.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2025
The uprooting of prairies across the Great Plains and the Dust Bowl could not have occurred without the massive settler movement triggered by the Homestead Act of 1862.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2025
I wanted Midwestern prairies, but we moved to his hometown on the West Coast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025
“Your deer are much prettier than our ugly buffaloes,” she said, turning to the prairies for help and feeling glad that she had read one of the boys’ books in which Jo delighted.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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