old country

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Recent Examples of old country It’s also called Ghost Riders in the Sky, a reference to an old country song about phantom cowboys galloping after demon cattle. Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025 The 20-year-old country crooner was charged with driving under the influence, underage consumption of alcohol and failure to exercise due care. Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025 Bryan is a 28-year-old country singer-songwriter who released his fifth album, The Great American Bar Scene, in July 2024. Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025 Last Friday, the 31-year-old country star stopped her concert at the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida, to chastise fans who were yelling obscenities about the 39-year-old Australian singer. Ashley Hume, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for old country
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Noun
  • Besides the Cousins' Buechel neighborhood home, Moore and his local crew shot at the former D. Nalley's diner in Old Louisville and Powder Keg Fireworks in Jeffersonville, Indiana, as well as various country roads and a lake in Southern Indiana.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 22 July 2025
  • On Sunday, July 20, Lord posted on Instagram a thank-you letter sent to him by the Duke of Sussex, 40, after visiting his shop East Side Ink to get a fake tattoo from country singer Jelly Roll in 2024.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • In particular, his hometown of Wynnefield, Pa., is named after a Welsh physician, Dr. Thomas Wynne.
    Tommy McArdle, People.com, 15 July 2025
  • This year’s lineup mixes seasoned stars with breakout young phenoms, including a last-minute hometown replacement.
    Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • In sum, despite recent claims questioning their nativity, extensive fossil and genetic evidence confirms that manatees have been present in Florida’s waters for thousands of years, with ancestors dating back over 12,000 years.
    Beth Brady, Sun Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2025
  • It is decorated with celestial frescoes and houses a vast nativity scene—a traditional craft construction particularly popular in nearby Naples known as a presepe.
    Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Commercial and cultural ties between the mother country and its colonies, among other factors, provided material and intellectual support for the American cause in Britain.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
  • Reread Jefferson’s words in the Declaration of all the rights that King George III had denied his American subjects and forced them to break from the mother country.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • This suggests affection for Scorsese’s western ran wide but not deep among the Blighty contingent, consistent with their history of only embracing films about America’s racial ills when they’re directed by Brits.
    Vulture, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2024
  • 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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“Old country.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/old%20country. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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