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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Podunk
Noun
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Adding to its appeal are expansive views of the Lake, the Sierra Nevada Mountain range, and the iconic Shakespeare Rock monolith, the backdrop for this awe-inspiring hamlet.—
Jim Dobson,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025 -
Fire Island, just off the hamlet Sayville on New York’s Long Island, has long been considered a gay paradise.—
Elyssa Goodman,
Them.,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Four people were killed after a vehicle crashed into an after-school camp in a small Illinois village on Monday, according to local officials.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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For months, the drama happening elsewhere in the country had imposed itself on set: First the rapid-fire disintegration of the ruling regime in December; then, in March, a spate of sectarian massacres in villages just a few dozen miles away from Kasheesh.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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What was once just a sleepy little ‘cow town’ in Central California, has now become one of the trendiest wine regions to visit, along with national wine sales that are outperforming the rest of the market.—
Liz Thach,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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If Great Bend failed to achieve the notoriety of Dodge City or other cow towns, Moses’s fellow citizens gave him much of the credit.—
Katy Roberts,
Washington Post,
29 July 2024
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“Podunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Podunk. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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