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Recent Examples of old country
How’s this for a sad old country tune?
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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
The buzz around the 27-year-old country singer, indeed, has been building for a while.
—Theoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2025
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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
The buzz around the 27-year-old country singer, indeed, has been building for a while.
—Theoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for old country
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Given the Frenchman’s frightening form — already up to 18 goals for club and country this season — expect to see Mbappe looking to test the millimetric precision of the Barcelona high line once again.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Regional countries have begun to act against the crime flourishing inside Cambodia’s borders that has ensnared their citizens.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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Her family tries to help by encouraging her to lead her hometown team in the annual Christmas Cup against the rival town.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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America’s hometown has open arms for all things Mexican food, with choices up and down the main boulevards.—
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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The holiday decor scene is saturated—nutcrackers, gingerbread houses, bow garlands, wreaths, strings of snowflakes, glittery pinecones, and that nativity scene that’s been passed down for generations.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
21 Oct. 2025
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The White House staff had been packing up a nativity scene from the holiday decorations and hadn’t been able to locate the figure of Joseph.—
Rachel McRady,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 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
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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
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Evolito itself traces its roots to YASA’s early axial flux technology.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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For better or for worse, the Halo franchise seems to be done with wacky campaign experiments and is returning to its roots.—
Alyssa Mercante,
Rolling Stone,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Old country.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/old%20country. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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