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Recent Examples of old country
It’s also called Ghost Riders in the Sky, a reference to an old country song about phantom cowboys galloping after demon cattle.
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Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
The 20-year-old country crooner was charged with driving under the influence, underage consumption of alcohol and failure to exercise due care.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
Bryan is a 28-year-old country singer-songwriter who released his fifth album, The Great American Bar Scene, in July 2024.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
Last Friday, the 31-year-old country star stopped her concert at the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida, to chastise fans who were yelling obscenities about the 39-year-old Australian singer.
—Ashley Hume, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025
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Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
The 20-year-old country crooner was charged with driving under the influence, underage consumption of alcohol and failure to exercise due care.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
Bryan is a 28-year-old country singer-songwriter who released his fifth album, The Great American Bar Scene, in July 2024.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
Last Friday, the 31-year-old country star stopped her concert at the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida, to chastise fans who were yelling obscenities about the 39-year-old Australian singer.
—Ashley Hume, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for old country
Noun
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My country, Nigeria, was long caught in the throes of statism—and crisis after crisis followed.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
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The two countries did agree on exchanging bodies of soldiers killed in action.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
3 June 2025
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But the return of a mysterious young woman Sandra (Roxane Mesquida), a scowling blonde sporting a leg brace and a rock’n’roll air of disdain for her hometown’s provincialism, expands Naw’s horizons suddenly.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
30 May 2025
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Kloss’ hometown visit coincided with the May 14 tornado that resulted in five deaths and more than 38 people being injured in the St. Louis area and western Illinois.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
28 May 2025
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During the Renaissance, people in Italy would act out live nativity scenes to help tell the Christmas story.—
Megan Boettcher,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Dec. 2024
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In sum, despite recent claims questioning their nativity, extensive fossil and genetic evidence confirms that manatees have been present in Florida’s waters for thousands of years, with ancestors dating back over 12,000 years.—
Beth Brady,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Jan. 2025
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Veins branching along my skin like the waterways of my mother country.—
Lauren Vuong,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2025
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Reread Jefferson’s words in the Declaration of all the rights that King George III had denied his American subjects and forced them to break from the mother country.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
19 Apr. 2025
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This suggests affection for Scorsese’s western ran wide but not deep among the Blighty contingent, consistent with their history of only embracing films about America’s racial ills when they’re directed by Brits.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
19 Jan. 2024
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According to The Associated Press, more than 29,000 people have hit the shores of Blighty this year on small boats, after over 46,000 last year.—
Adam Shaw,
Fox News,
8 Dec. 2023
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“Old country.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/old%20country. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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