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Adjective
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Frances Quinlan Quinlan had planned to celebrate her 34th birthday in a backwoods cabin this week, before a Friday show in Ohio.—
Megan Spurrell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 May 2020 -
The potholes are worth it, however, for the great weekend of backwoods hiking and exploring .—
Stef Schrader,
Popular Mechanics,
25 Apr. 2020
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His work with rural counties has earned favorable notices, but in urban areas like Phoenix, many of the experts in Joan's reporting raised questions about Livar's effectiveness.—
Shaun McKinnon,
AZCentral.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Both were Jewish, but one was metropolitan and the other more rural and artisanal.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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Government officials at the city, provincial, and federal levels made their case for tech investment last week at the All In AI conference in Montreal.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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Mthethwa also faced an ongoing probe that heard allegations by a provincial police commissioner who accused him of attempting to obstruct the prosecution of a former head of South Africa’s Crime Intelligence Services who was being investigated for corruption.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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At the time, the two girls were seen as rivals, with Debbie’s theatrical voice vs. Tiffany’s countrified yowl.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
14 Sep. 2025
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Its twanging guitars and pounding drums scan as countrified classic rock, but every element seems muffled, as if emanating from an iPhone lost in a couch.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
26 July 2025
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The rural Wisconsinite, who died in a psychiatric institution in 1984, became known for keeping as totems pieces of his victims’ bodies, in a string of crimes that shocked bucolic 1950s America.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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Enjoying the relaxed pace of the meal, tasting the rich but fresh food, and taking in a bucolic backdrop felt like a quintessentially Italian afternoon.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Backwoodsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backwoodsy. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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