A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

LOIRE

Sun, 15 Feb '26
French wine region
Thu, 6 Jun '24
___ Valley, "the garden of France"
Tue, 5 Mar '24
France's longest river
Sun, 28 Nov '21
Tours can be found on it
Fri, 8 Jan '21
Tours can be found on it