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prairie

[prair-ee] / ˈprɛər i /


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These days, new signs sit in the prairie grass: “SAY NO TO THE PRISON! Keep the country, country.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Since OpenAI’s ChatGPT lit this prairie fire in November 2022, the semiconductor ETF is up around 190%.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

The roof needed to be replaced to withstand heavy snow, hard rain and the golf-ball-sized hail of prairie thunderstorms.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

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

While he had successfully trapped the prairie dog, the rest of his invention wasn’t quite the success Chase imagined.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson




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