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More than a thousand country music fans have signed a petition demanding that the NFL replace the Puerto Rican entertainer with 73-year-old country legend George Strait, a choice as likely as Engelbert Humperdinck.
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Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 14 Oct. 2025
How’s this for a sad old country tune?
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
The 43-year-old country singer and wife Cassie, 42, welcomed their second baby together, son Archer Lancaster Kelley, a rep for the couple exclusively shares with PEOPLE.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Vintage Fall Decor Vintage farm decor lends old country charm to this fall front entry.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2025
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Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 14 Oct. 2025
How’s this for a sad old country tune?
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
The 43-year-old country singer and wife Cassie, 42, welcomed their second baby together, son Archer Lancaster Kelley, a rep for the couple exclusively shares with PEOPLE.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Vintage Fall Decor Vintage farm decor lends old country charm to this fall front entry.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for old country
Noun
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Hollywood couple Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors received Guinean citizenship after tracing their ancestry to the West African country through DNA testing.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Jan. 2026
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Our country is built on immigrants.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
11 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Although women from North East, Kent, and Wessex appeared to want to leave their hometowns for a new world, specifically.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Jan. 2026
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After the unlikely duo cross paths in college — while sharing a car ride home to their small hometown of Linfield, Ohio — Poppy goes on to fulfill her dreams of working for a travel magazine in New York City, while Alex returns to his Ohio roots and begins teaching at Poppy's alma mater.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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St Peter’s Square has been decorated with a nativity scene from the Diocese of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, in Campania, southwest Italy, and a 25-meter-tall Christmas tree from the Val d’Ultimo area in Bolzano, northern Italy.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
25 Dec. 2025
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Associate Pastor Isabel Marquez said the message behind the nativity was intentional.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
16 Dec. 2025
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Diplomatically, Canada balanced between its mother country, the United Kingdom, and its southern neighbor, the emerging superpower.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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Since the condition of the Royal Navy was of prime importance to the British Parliament, during the colonial era that body passed several acts that sought to entice or compel colonists in British North America to produce naval stores for the benefit of the mother country.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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The roots anchor in the soil, providing a firm foundation for stems, branches, and leaves.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Nov. 2025
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Mulching too early traps heat and tricks plant roots to remain active and produce new growth.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Old country.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/old%20country. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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