heartland

Example Sentences

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The restaurant recreates a vibe straight out of the U.S. heartland and attracts as many as 4,000 customers daily.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Southern Lebanon is the heartland of Lebanon's Shia Muslim community, Hezbollah's main support base.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

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

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

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

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

The big difference between these numbers matters less than one might expect: a few thousand square miles of farmland was enough to feed the millions in the Maya heartland.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann