flatland

The partners leased their first of three parcels of barren flatland for around $25,000 a month, anchored by a dilapidated ranch house.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

And much of the flatland area that McNeill views as most appropriate for development is restricted by open space easements purchased by the county in the 1990s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2025

"I was raised in Delta dirt, sunshine and flatland that goes on for miles and miles," she sings, as people nod their heads and stomp their feet to the beat.

From BBC ● May 31, 2025

In other world championships decided Thursday, Yu Shoji of Japan won the men’s BMX freestyle flatland competition and Aude Cassagne of France took the women’s title.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 10, 2023

On flatland, nothing could catch them, and even on hills and rocky terrain, there was nothing short of Araby close to their equal.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

Its history is short: it has only existed since 2005, raised out of the flatlands by the then military rulers of Myanmar, which was previously known as Burma.

From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2025

The bulk of homes were in the flatlands, built on a grid with multiple escape routes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2025

“That is what is creating this level of distrust. It’s like living in Russia or China,” he said, instead of the fertile flatlands of Flanders in northwestern Belgium.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2024

Homer French resides in a mountain wilderness, dry and sparsely populated, with panoramic views that include hazy intimations of gridded settlement in the flatlands below.

From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024

To his right, the flatlands of Berkeley and Oakland marched west—a vast checkerboard of neighborhoods, with several million people who probably did not want their morning interrupted by two monsters and a filthy demigod.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan