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[pleyn] / pleɪn /








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The Indo-Gangetic Plain, which stretches across much of northern India and includes Uttar Pradesh, is regarded by climate researchers as one of the world's emerging hotspots for dangerous humid heat.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

“I think my editors thought there was something inherently funny about taking a suburban Mormon dad and dropping him into this world,” Coppins told Thompson on the Plain English podcast.

From Slate • May 5, 2026

Soon, we knew, summer will come and fry the Carrizo Plain until everything green is brown.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Chris Quinn, editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, writing for the paper on Feb. 14:

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

In the laboratory the girls from Dora’s heard the Plain Songs and Gregorian music for the first time.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck




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