plains

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On the plains of northwestern Iran, edged by snow-ribboned ridges, spring nudges almond trees into frothy bloom and a fragile ceasefire brings more traffic onto highways, and more Iranians back to their homeland.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

McMurtry was born in 1936 in Archer City, a town of a few thousand on the sunbaked and featureless plains of north-central Texas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

But this time, Thapa has chosen to run from Sarlahi, mainly a farming district southeast of the capital, on the plains bordering India.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

Ice plains have been identified beneath many other Antarctic glaciers.

From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2026

“The fate of those empty, wide plains and those miserable mountain regions seems dull to me as well.”

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas