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rural

[roor-uhl] / ˈrʊər əl /


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His share of the rural vote has grown from 59% in 2016 to 65% in 2020 and then 69% in 2024, according to Pew Research data.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

In the last three presidential elections, Trump triumphed in 90 percent of all rural counties in America, according to the Economic Innovation Group, a think tank.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Rowbottom grew up in rural New England, a card-carrying “Horse Girl” whose parents’ divorce became small-town gossip when her father began dating her drama teacher.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Last fall, Amazon opened an $11 billion campus in rural Indiana dedicated to running AI models for Anthropic.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

At the end of July 1966, Howard Fuller spoke before black residents of Woodland, North Carolina, an isolated and impoverished rural hamlet in the northeastern corner of the state.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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