heartland

Example Sentences

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It's a project long pushed for by Canada's oil heartland but one which faces significant hurdles.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 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

The community is otherwise mostly present across their coastal heartland in Latakia and Tartus provinces.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

The Alawites are a sect that originated in Shia Islam, with their heartland on Syria's Mediterranean coast.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025

This is the heartland, here, I’m leading a pampered life, may the Lord make us truly grateful, said Aunt Lvdia, or was it thankful, and I start to eat the food.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood