across the pond
idiom
informal
: the other side of the Atlantic Ocean
They moved here from across the pond.
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Brie Stimson, Fox News, 23 Feb. 2025
Keke Palmer and Yvette Nicole Brown turned heads at the 7th Annual American Black Film Festival in Los Angeles, while across the pond, Margaret Qualley and Rose Byrne proved their fashion prowess at the Berlin Film Festival.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
West Ham has enjoyed more victories than the Giants managed but remain in the bottom half of the table, like their big-city cousins across the pond.
—Eduardo Tansley, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
Supersonic flight has been all the rage since the mid-1970s when the Concorde was whisking commercial passengers across the pond at breakneck speeds upwards of Mach 2 (right around 1,354 mph or 2,180 km/h).
—New Atlas, 11 Feb. 2025
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Brie Stimson, Fox News, 23 Feb. 2025
Keke Palmer and Yvette Nicole Brown turned heads at the 7th Annual American Black Film Festival in Los Angeles, while across the pond, Margaret Qualley and Rose Byrne proved their fashion prowess at the Berlin Film Festival.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
West Ham has enjoyed more victories than the Giants managed but remain in the bottom half of the table, like their big-city cousins across the pond.
—Eduardo Tansley, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
Supersonic flight has been all the rage since the mid-1970s when the Concorde was whisking commercial passengers across the pond at breakneck speeds upwards of Mach 2 (right around 1,354 mph or 2,180 km/h).
—New Atlas, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Across the pond.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/across%20the%20pond. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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