heartland
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The government has begun airlifting meat and vegetables from the eastern agricultural heartland of Santa Cruz and central city of Cochabamba to try alleviate the shortages.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
During his 2005 confirmation hearings to become chief justice, Roberts described an idyllic heartland childhood lifted from a John Cougar Mellencamp song, all “endless fields” that were “punctuated by an isolated silo or a barn.”
From Slate • May 7, 2026
But the sport’s actual heartland, where engineers concoct the most sophisticated machines in motor sports, could hardly be farther from superyachts and velvet ropes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Others ventured into the sort of heartland rock that'll earn him a hearty man-hug from Bruce Springsteen.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026
The Maya heartland, in other words, was a network of artificially habitable terrestrial islands.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Political Geography - Middle School
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Political Geography - High School
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