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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The most seasonably warm temperatures this weekend will be over parts of the Mississippi Valley, where high temperatures will be in the 90s from the Deep South up to Minnesota and South Dakota.
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Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2025
In the early 1960s, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and other organizations worked to educate and register eligible voters, especially in rural communities throughout the Deep South.
—Time, 12 Sep. 2025
If the Court does what Democrats fear, the amount of representation for Black voters in the Deep South would plunge and the Republicans would obtain a much more sizable structural advantage in the House of Representatives.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Rivalries that are long in tenure and thick with hatred define college sports in the Deep South, where football is second only to faith in some places.
—Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
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Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2025
In the early 1960s, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and other organizations worked to educate and register eligible voters, especially in rural communities throughout the Deep South.
—Time, 12 Sep. 2025
If the Court does what Democrats fear, the amount of representation for Black voters in the Deep South would plunge and the Republicans would obtain a much more sizable structural advantage in the House of Representatives.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Rivalries that are long in tenure and thick with hatred define college sports in the Deep South, where football is second only to faith in some places.
—Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
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