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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Other areas of the Southern Plains and the Deep South are likely to see flash flooding on Tuesday from Oklahoma to Mississippi.
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Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 3 May 2025
Despite the overall downturn, Trump continues to enjoy strong support in parts of the Mountain West and the Deep South.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
The lion’s share of the racing industry resides in a vast crescent east of the Continental Divide, beginning in Kentucky and in the Deep South, sweeping up the Atlantic Seaboard to include New York.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
While a sophomore at Cornell University in 1961, Filner joined a cast of volunteers known as the Freedom Riders, the progressive-minded activists who sought to promote civil rights in the Deep South, well before those rights were codified in federal law.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2025
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Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 3 May 2025
Despite the overall downturn, Trump continues to enjoy strong support in parts of the Mountain West and the Deep South.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
The lion’s share of the racing industry resides in a vast crescent east of the Continental Divide, beginning in Kentucky and in the Deep South, sweeping up the Atlantic Seaboard to include New York.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
While a sophomore at Cornell University in 1961, Filner joined a cast of volunteers known as the Freedom Riders, the progressive-minded activists who sought to promote civil rights in the Deep South, well before those rights were codified in federal law.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2025
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“The Deep South.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Deep%20South. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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