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Recent Examples of Blighty
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.
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Vulture, 19 Jan. 2024
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
Taylor Tomlinson will host After Midnight, the show that is replacing The Late Late Show now that James Corden has scarpered off to old Blighty.
—Vulture, 1 Nov. 2023
Indeed, Blighty’s inward investment drum has been beating long and loudly with a focus on studios and streamers, who drove a majority of the U.K.’s near £5 billion ($6 billion) of qualifying film and High End TV productions in 2022.
—Angus Finney, Variety, 30 Oct. 2023
To really hammer home how far old Blighty has come, Netflix cut a trailer with voice over by Claire Foy, Olivia Colman and Imelda Staunton as every version of Queen Elizabeth II the show has deployed.
—Vulture, 9 Oct. 2023
The big event might be over in Old Blighty, but don’t feel forlorn, royal-lovers.
—Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
Not far away is an earlier housing development that is even more redolent of Blighty: Foxhall Village.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2022
Vulture, 19 Jan. 2024
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
Taylor Tomlinson will host After Midnight, the show that is replacing The Late Late Show now that James Corden has scarpered off to old Blighty.
—Vulture, 1 Nov. 2023
Indeed, Blighty’s inward investment drum has been beating long and loudly with a focus on studios and streamers, who drove a majority of the U.K.’s near £5 billion ($6 billion) of qualifying film and High End TV productions in 2022.
—Angus Finney, Variety, 30 Oct. 2023
To really hammer home how far old Blighty has come, Netflix cut a trailer with voice over by Claire Foy, Olivia Colman and Imelda Staunton as every version of Queen Elizabeth II the show has deployed.
—Vulture, 9 Oct. 2023
The big event might be over in Old Blighty, but don’t feel forlorn, royal-lovers.
—Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
Not far away is an earlier housing development that is even more redolent of Blighty: Foxhall Village.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Blighty
Noun
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That leaves time for Washington and other countries to negotiate and hopefully lessen the ultimate shock.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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The only country in the world that attacks such sites, occupies nuclear power plants, and wages war without any regard for the consequences is today's Russia.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The movie, which follows two cousins on a trip to their late grandmother’s hometown in Poland, recently tied with Deadpool & Wolverine for best comedy at the Critics Choice Awards.—
Zoe G. Phillips,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Feb. 2025
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New to their hometown in Season 3 is a guinea pig news station, a rumbling kitten sports stadium, and a whimsical magic shop.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Sweeping, beautiful countryside rolls hill by hill in every direction, split into grids by natural hedgerows or manmade walls with the overgrown brickwork of an old country cottage.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
3 Feb. 2025
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In her lead debut, Reese Witherspoon's niece, Abby James Witherspoon, plays Izzy, a young girl unhappy about her family's move from the bustling city to a sleepy old country farm.—
Andrew Walsh,
EW.com,
12 Dec. 2024
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“Blighty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Blighty. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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