heartland
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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
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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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