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By Jonathan Samuels published 31 December 2024 The Schloss Roxburghe is an imposing 19th-century country house, once owned by the Duke of Roxburghe, located among the rolling hills and winding rivers of the Scottish Borders.
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Jonathan Samuels, theweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Photo: courtesy of Ben Mezrich Ben and Tonya Mezrich’s country house is in rural Vermont, but because it’s ruled by their pugs, Bagel and Cream Cheese, as well as their two school-age children, its defining quality is not so much pastoral tranquility as a kind of happy domestic chaos.
—Simon Van Zuylen-Wood, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
Charles has been a longtime healthy eater, often enjoying the produce of his own farm at his country house of Highgrove.
—Caroline Frost, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2024
The three-minute clip was shot by Will Warr in August in Norfolk, home to the family's country house, Anmer Hall, and the Princess of Wales was joined in the footage by Prince William and their children Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2024
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Jonathan Samuels, theweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Photo: courtesy of Ben Mezrich Ben and Tonya Mezrich’s country house is in rural Vermont, but because it’s ruled by their pugs, Bagel and Cream Cheese, as well as their two school-age children, its defining quality is not so much pastoral tranquility as a kind of happy domestic chaos.
—Simon Van Zuylen-Wood, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
Charles has been a longtime healthy eater, often enjoying the produce of his own farm at his country house of Highgrove.
—Caroline Frost, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2024
The three-minute clip was shot by Will Warr in August in Norfolk, home to the family's country house, Anmer Hall, and the Princess of Wales was joined in the footage by Prince William and their children Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for country house
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Prophecy follows the formation of the Bene Gesserit, an order of women who become the puppet masters of the great houses of the Empire on Dune.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
19 Dec. 2024
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The showpiece encounters between the game’s great houses that ordinarily make up the latter stages of the Champions League are incredibly popular.—
Sam Lee,
The Athletic,
12 Dec. 2024
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Some introductory events were held at the Foundation’s town house, which holds much of Foster’s archive of drawings, sketchbooks, and models.—
Ian Parker,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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In a 1999 interview with WWD about the debut of another one of his Mercer Street eateries, Canteen, McDonald recalled what Eileen Ford told him as a 16-year-old, during a visit to her Manhattan town house.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
15 Jan. 2025
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Soon, the site may become affordable housing that includes both a public plaza and displays acknowledging the deadly Knickerbocker collapse.—
Laura Kiniry,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Jan. 2025
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While more oil might not be as immediate a solution as the president may hope, Schipper said there may be potential in reducing housing regulations.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Country house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/country%20house. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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