rural
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"It would make it much easier for women -- especially those from rural areas or small towns -- to come to the city and secure a viable career," she said.
From Barron's • Jul. 8, 2026
Davids — who grew up in South Africa, where culturally it’s common for grandmothers to administer enemas to children in rural areas — does a coffee enema twice per month.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2026
“The small scale of rural Alaska works against them, the distances work against them,” Gov. Mike Dunleavy said in an interview.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 7, 2026
Heavy metal pollution is common around industrial sites, mining regions, cities, and towns, but contaminants can also spread into rural landscapes through the air, sewage sludge, fertilizers, and other agricultural products.
From Science Daily • Jul. 7, 2026
As a teenager, Joan was visited by three saints—Michael, Catherine, and Margaret—as she worked the fields of her small village in rural France.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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