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Tar Heel State

American  

noun

  1. North Carolina (used as a nickname).


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In between, Kishida plans to have lunch at the governor’s mansion in a historic first for the Tar Heel State.

From Seattle Times

Open carry of firearms is legal in the Tar Heel State without a permit, but a person must be 18 with no felony convictions to do so.

From Los Angeles Times

But Tar Heel State veterans interviewed in the runup to the primary season’s biggest voting day varied in their politics, even if they agreed that their military service informed their opinions.

From Seattle Times

In places such as the western mountains or the southeastern Sandhills region of the Tar Heel State, as many as 1 in 5 adults are uninsured.

From Washington Post

Cunningham lost by nearly two percentage points, falling considerably short of the vote tallies of Democrats Joe Biden in the presidential race and Roy Cooper in the gubernatorial race in the Tar Heel State.

From Washington Post