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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Podunk
Noun
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About half its population is part of Italy’s Ladin minority, which settled the mountain hamlet of Anpezo a millennium ago.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Feb. 2026 -
About 80 miles east of downtown, the San Bernardino County mountain hamlet of Wrightwood and its largest employer, the Mountain High Resort, are welcoming a snow deluge and hoping this is their busiest weekend of the season.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2026
Noun
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This village on stilts dances to the sea's rhythm, where sampans sail serene waters, and locals craft shrimp paste under the sun, just like their Tanka ancestors.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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The Grand Jury Prize went to Emin Alper’s Salvation, a drama that charts the escalation of violence in an isolated village community in the Turkish mountains following the return of an exiled clan.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Feb. 2026
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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 28 Feb. 2026.
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