heartland
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KwaZulu-Natal is the heartland of the country's dairy industry.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
Job losses were most acute in Ontario, the country’s industrial heartland and home to the bulk of the automotive industry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
Last year saw sectarian violence in the country's coastal Alawite heartland and in southern Syria's Druze-majority Sweida province.
From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026
In a college sports landscape lorded over by billionaires, none other than John Mellencamp—the 74-year-old heartland rocker—has played no small part in Indiana’s rise from laughingstock to the No. 1 team in the country.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
It seemed to me that the earth was generous and outgoing here in the heartland, and perhaps the people took a cue from it.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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Political Geography - Middle School
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Political Geography - High School
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