the Deep South
noun
: the states in the most southern and eastern part of the U.S. and especially Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Louisiana, and Mississippi
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Elsewhere, players might enjoy body-replicating madness, brutal climbing simulators, and freewheeling adventure through a magical realist take on the Deep South.
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Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
The basin, which spans 31 states and covers much of America’s Heartland and the Deep South, provides water to millions of people, produces food consumed around the world and enables transportation that is core to the global economy.
—John Sabo, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
But Compulsion Games couldn’t be farther from the Deep South — Montreal is more European chic than Bible Belt — and the team was incredibly anxious about getting the setting just right.
—Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2024
Cold snap not over yet: The biting cold that has gripped much of the Midwest and Northeast was being fueled by a new surge of arctic air that will slide east and south, with snow likely in some places and temperatures dropping into the 20s as far as Georgia and the Deep South.
—Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2024
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Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
The basin, which spans 31 states and covers much of America’s Heartland and the Deep South, provides water to millions of people, produces food consumed around the world and enables transportation that is core to the global economy.
—John Sabo, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
But Compulsion Games couldn’t be farther from the Deep South — Montreal is more European chic than Bible Belt — and the team was incredibly anxious about getting the setting just right.
—Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2024
Cold snap not over yet: The biting cold that has gripped much of the Midwest and Northeast was being fueled by a new surge of arctic air that will slide east and south, with snow likely in some places and temperatures dropping into the 20s as far as Georgia and the Deep South.
—Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2024
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“The Deep South.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Deep%20South. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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