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prairie

[prair-ee] / ˈprɛər i /


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Debbie Lyons-Blythe, a cattle rancher from Kansas, said losing the prairie grasses cattle roam on is a problem, but she is also increasingly turning to AI to help better manage her operations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

Only today’s would-be homesteaders look to TikTok stars like Ballerina Farm’s Hannah Neeleman for inspiration or don Gunne Sax-style prairie dresses and call the look cottagecore.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

Throughout our history, major domestic quarrels have erupted over economics: the prairie rebellion of the 1890s, the Progressive era, the New Deal.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

Moore tried a bison, that shaggy American prairie symbol.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2026

Folks don’t appreciate how open a prairie is, how there is absolutely no place to hide.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

"We lost 85% of the marine prairies, and we saw the fishes on the shore looking for oxygen, and these images were horrible," he said.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

Refinery issues in the Great Lakes and the prairies of Canada fed into significant price increases for those two areas, including the states of Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and Wisconsin.

From MarketWatch May 1, 2026

Curling was born in Scotland in the early 16th century but grew up centuries later on the Canadian prairies, where the severe weather, rural landscape and boredom provided fertile ground.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 28, 2025

The uprooting of prairies across the Great Plains and the Dust Bowl could not have occurred without the massive settler movement triggered by the Homestead Act of 1862.

From Salon Jun. 21, 2025

The great quiet of the prairies surrounded him.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote




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