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heartland

[hahrt-land, -luhnd] / ˈhɑrtˌlænd, -lənd /
ADJECTIVE
back country
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"When you behave like the boss, people respect you," he said at a recent event for English speakers in Tel Aviv, considered Israel's secular, liberal heartland.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Because of this mixture of similarities and differences, archaeologists have long struggled to determine how closely Tampa Bay was connected to the Mississippian heartland.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

The waterway, which flows through the industrial heartland of Germany, has been at record lows since late July when Europe was struggling through a series of heatwaves.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

PARIS—Pope Leo XIV’s trip to France has a central goal: to revive the moribund Catholic faith in its European heartland.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Between 800 and 830 a.d., most of the main dynasties fell; cities winked out throughout the Maya heartland.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

From villages deep in the Amazon rainforest to the agricultural heartlands in the south and sprawling urban favelas, Brazilians are facing a familiar cast -- with many forced to pick who they least dislike.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

In Germany’s industrial heartlands, companies are cutting production and struggling to ship goods along the Rhine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Chinese brands are now making inroads into Volkswagen’s European heartlands, and President Trump’s tariffs have added billions of dollars in costs to its import-reliant U.S. business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

The French president is also eager for Sharaa to maintain his pledge to protect Syria's minorities, after sectarian bloodshed in its Alawite and Druze heartlands last year.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

The Conservatives are fighting to hold on to their heartlands in the north-east and along the southern border.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026


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