happy hunting ground

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Recent Examples of happy hunting ground With nearly 50,000 examples made and more than 46,000 of those sold in the United States over four years, the 560 SL offers a happy hunting ground for drivers seeking a classic convertible with the creature comforts of a near-contemporary car. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 16 May 2025 Everton’s Goodison Park stadium hasn’t always been a happy hunting ground for Manchester City. Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025 Although the Play-In Tournament has not been a happy hunting ground for the Warriors, which hold an 0-3 record in the event, Golden State enters Tuesday’s game having gone 3-1 against Memphis this season. The Athletic Nba Daily, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025 While those conditions rendered much of the land a not-very-happy hunting ground, the temnospondyls’ generalist approach served them well. Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025 Over the past decade, France’s top tier has been a happy hunting ground for Premier League scouts, with English clubs spending £1.81billion ($2.34bn) on Ligue 1 players, more than in any other nation. Richard Amofa, The Athletic, 26 July 2024 Fortunately, though, his home race has proved to be a very happy hunting ground with Hamilton winning a record eight times at the circuit. Amanda Davies, CNN, 5 July 2024 Old Trafford has been a happy hunting ground down the years for Manchester City great Vincent Kompany, and his Burnley team made the short journey looking to boost their faint hopes of English Premier League survival. San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for happy hunting ground
Noun
  • The proposals — presented by Preston North End chief executive Peter Ridsdale to a meeting of Championship chief executives last week — received widespread backing, as clubs sensed the door to the Premier League’s promised land creaking open a little wider.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Who’s who in Horizon Over three hours, the movie follows several different characters en route to a settlement called Horizon, lured by a flier that promised land for anyone brave enough to make the journey.
    Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 28 June 2024
Noun
  • Since 2001, the globe-trotting reality competition has quietly doubled as a celebrity hot spot — with everyone from pro athletes to YouTubers and even a boy-bander chasing that million-dollar finish line.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Blip Coffee Roasters is already a beloved local hot spot, so transforming it into our community hub for the day felt authentic and right.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That's the number that showed up in the national media, in stories that described Phoenix as a hellscape, a place where children burned themselves trying to climb on playground equipment.
    Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 30 Sep. 2025
  • What’s On The Menu JumpinGoat is a playground for adventurous coffee lovers.
    Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And then in the hive, in the hot pink mists of our collective mind, a figure appeared.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The artist Ernest Crichlow summons the memory of the sculptor Augusta Savage, whose studio, in a Harlem basement—amid furnaces and stacks of coal—was a paradise of enlightenment and a hive of creative effort.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025

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“Happy hunting ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/happy%20hunting%20ground. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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