prairie
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One of Canada's main objectives during this trip is to ease Chinese tariffs on Canadian canola that have hurt farmers in the country's prairie provinces.
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026
Among the factors in that slide was a drought that struck the cattle-raising prairie states starting in 2020 and lasting through 2022.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025
During strong westerly winds, especially in years with a wet spring and hot, dry fall, swarms of thousands—sometimes hundreds of thousands—roll freely over the prairie landscape, halting only where housing developments stand in their way.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025
In the middle of everything is start-up OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, which lit the prairie fire in 2022.
From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025
Crackling prairie noises carried softly on the air.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
Vocabulary lists containing prairie
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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