countrywoman

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Recent Examples of countrywoman Brazilian international Lorena stopped a penalty kick and countrywoman Bia Zaneratto scored to keep the Current perfect at home on Friday night. Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025 Much to the chagrin of the 15,000 or so locals pulling for their countrywoman under a closed roof at Court Philippe-Chatrier on a drizzly day, Gauff versus Boisson wasn’t much of a contest, as might be expected from their rankings and relative experience. Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025 Much to the chagrin of the 15,000 or so locals pulling for their countrywoman under a closed roof at Court Philippe-Chatrier on a drizzly day, Gauff vs. Boisson wasn’t much of a contest, as might be expected from their rankings and relative experience. Howard Fendrich, Baltimore Sun, 5 June 2025 Ribas won the first fight, and Dern will be looking to even the score with her countrywoman. Brian Mazique, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for countrywoman
Recent Examples of Synonyms for countrywoman
Noun
  • So, games like Friday night’s matchup in the District of Columbia, where the two countrymen meet head-to-head, are worth savoring.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Faced with increasingly violent expressions of social and economic tensions at home and accumulating threats abroad, the Duke vowed to step in should his countrymen demand it.
    John Toher, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • These figures — sourced, like the others in this piece, from ESPNcricinfo — place him just behind compatriot Nathan Lyon and India’s Ravichandran Ashwin among global wicket-takers in that period.
    Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Unlike his more famous literary compatriots, Milan Kundera and Josef Skvorecky, Klima stuck around in Czechoslovakia, despite being forbidden from publishing for 20 years.
    Jonny Diamond, Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Several vessels collided, terrifying the uninitiated landsmen on board.
    David Grann, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Though as a Black man Gould had only limited opportunities for advancement, he was later promoted to landsman and then wardroom steward.
    New York Times, New York Times, 17 June 2022
Noun
  • The Pistons were also without Caris LeVert, who was sidelined with left hamstring tightness, and Marcus Sasser, another Texas native, who has yet to make his season debut because of a right hip impingement.
    Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Kansas City native, Pyet DeSpain grew up with food at the center of many cultural festivities.
    J.M. Banks, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2025

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“Countrywoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countrywoman. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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