old country

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Recent Examples of old country Augusta’s antique and specialty shops, including Stone Ledge Antiques and the Augusta Emporium are the perfect place to indulge in retail therapy and perhaps find a century-old country treasure. Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 22 Nov. 2025 At least two of those questions now rest at the center of a $5 million defamation lawsuit filed late last month by the 27-year-old country singer against a right-wing blowhard who accused her of being in cahoots with the Israeli intelligence service. Joseph Bullmore, Air Mail, 22 Nov. 2025 Director Kim Jee-woon uses every trick in the haunted-house book when spinning the tale of two vulnerable sisters, their neglectful father, and their evil stepmother, all of whom are trapped together in a shabby (but beautifully filmed) old country house. Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025 By way of comparison, the 82-year-old country singer Lee Greenwood, whom Speaker Johnson floated as a viable replacement candidate for the Super Bowl headliner gig, has racked up 96 million streams on the service. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for old country
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Noun
  • The United States is also insisting that any nuclear deal between the two countries remain permanent instead of including a future ending date, or sunset clause.
    Michael Collins, USA Today, 28 Feb. 2026
  • In response, the Iranian regime has launched an unprecedented wave of strikes across the Middle East, with blasts heard in several countries that host US military bases, including the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain.
    Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 28 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Most are minor celebrities nationwide, and all enjoy incredible fandom in their hometowns.
    Megan Schrader, Denver Post, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Meg Edwards, 26, who is rebuilding community in her Ohio hometown after moving away for school and work, loves to hike alone.
    Rainesford Stauffer, Time, 25 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • At the front of the room, an elaborate nativity scene (one of several set up throughout the house) has been arranged on an old mantle fireplace, a halo of blue and white string lights framing miniature angels and an extra-miniature baby Jesus.
    Hannah Towey, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The prisoners built a nativity scene that members of the community visited on Christmas Eve.
    Kim Norvell, Des Moines Register, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • While July 4 is not a holiday in the United Kingdom, the long history of friendship as well as alliance between our two nations has removed any lingering friction from the successful efforts of colonials across the Atlantic to break away from the mother country.
    Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Even so, Maduro’s ouster gave her a lot of hope for her mother country.
    Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The scene plays out like a Blighty version of A Few Good Men, with Dalton in the Tom Cruise role, deftly provoking Livingston into a confession.
    Jack King, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2025
  • According to The Associated Press, more than 29,000 people have hit the shores of Blighty this year on small boats, after over 46,000 last year.
    Adam Shaw, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2023
Noun
  • The Jackson family wanted to make sure their patriarch, a native of Greenville, South Carolina, returned to his roots on the East Coast.
    Darius Johnson, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Its slender stems branch out from the mother plant and form roots wherever the leaf nodes touch the soil.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Feb. 2026

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“Old country.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/old%20country. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.

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