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Recent Examples of old country
The founders latched on to Harris not only because of his skill at running with a football, but because his mother was from the old country.
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Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2022
My Grandma immigrated from the old country: now Croatia.
—Terry Pluto, cleveland, 1 Jan. 2023
In those years, Grief had become a peculiar relation from the old country, one who kept apart and spoke another language.
—Kathy Flann, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
For decades, The Venetian became a social hub for local Italian-Americans and others who wanted authentic food from the old country.
—Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 21 Nov. 2022
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Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2022
My Grandma immigrated from the old country: now Croatia.
—Terry Pluto, cleveland, 1 Jan. 2023
In those years, Grief had become a peculiar relation from the old country, one who kept apart and spoke another language.
—Kathy Flann, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
For decades, The Venetian became a social hub for local Italian-Americans and others who wanted authentic food from the old country.
—Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 21 Nov. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for old country
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By 1997, when 84 countries signed the Kyoto Protocol to curb global greenhouse gas emissions, the oil industry had built an effective apparatus for actively discrediting climate science and opposing policies and actions that could help slow climate change.—
Joe Árvai,
The Conversation,
22 Jan. 2025
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Experts expect more developments to come, such as travel bans and the termination of Temporary Protected Status protections for people from certain countries.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2025
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The only real job King ever had, from the age of 25 until his death, was preacher and co-pastor (along with his father) at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in his hometown of Atlanta.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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Word quickly spread and Rosales made her home part of a roster of at least three dozen migrant shelters in her hometown on the U.S.-Mexico border, temporarily housing people who use the CBP One app.—
Elliot Spagat,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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Drive-through live nativity scene, Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 522 Castle Heights Avenue, Lebanon: 7-8:30 p.m., Dec. 20-21: Journey to Bethlehem is a free event with live animals and actors.—
Andy Humbles,
The Tennessean,
13 Dec. 2024
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Many town squares across the nation prominently displayed nativities.—
Stephan Pechdimaldji,
Newsweek,
13 Dec. 2024
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Still, many colonists had not seriously considered separating from the mother country—until a history-making pamphlet was published in the City of Brotherly Love on January 10, 1776.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Jan. 2025
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The prime minister of Greenland called on the country to strive for greater independence from its mother country, Denmark, in a New Year’s address delivered this week, in light of the controversy surrounding President-elect Donald Trump’s calls for the U.S. to purchase the island.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
3 Jan. 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 28 Jan. 2025.
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