rural

Example Sentences

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“In the Fields of Fatherless Children,” the publisher writes: “examines the long shadow cast by the Vietnam War. Not just on the battlefield, but on the women, children, and rural communities that were left behind.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Activists like Sharp, who lives in Wilmington in rural Ohio, say that despite their misgivings about the technology, artificial intelligence can speed up their volunteer work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The rural community of the book is a West Virginia mining hamlet.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

The producer, who works remotely from Cornwall, is part of a growing number of professionals choosing to settle long-term in coastal and rural towns once seen mainly as seasonal destinations.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

By the time Mrs. Richardson’s mother, Caroline, was born in 1931, things were less rural but no less idyllic.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng