Tar Heel State
Americannoun
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North Carolina was second only to much, much larger California in the number of manufacturing jobs lost: According to one estimate, the Tar Heel State lost nearly half its jobs in that sector.
From Slate • Oct. 10, 2024
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 • Apr. 2, 2024
Some states, including South Carolina, have been more successful recently at buying shells than North Carolina because the Tar Heel State has a limit on how much it can spend.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 29, 2022
Two fishermen recently hooked record-breaking catfish during separate angling adventures in the Tar Heel State this month.
From Fox News • Jul. 28, 2020
Man has done more for France, it seems to me, than for the Tar Heel State, and the cities of Asheville and Paris are widely different.
From A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories by Edgar Wilson
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