as in countryside
a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country
built a cabin in the up-country
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Taiwanese household name Janel Tsai co-stars as a mother who returns to the capital of Taipei with her two daughters, played by Instagram discovery Shih-Yuan Ma and child star Nina Ye, after several years of living in the countryside to open a stand at a buzzing night market.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
28 Aug. 2025 -
Mihály lives in the countryside, rides a motorbike, drinks heavily, and prefers boxing to football.—
Adam Solomons,
IndieWire,
28 Aug. 2025
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This is higher than the 2.3% rate from a year ago but still well below the official rates set for any country.—
Raul Elizalde,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Research shows that people in countries with high levels of economic inequality, such as the United States, tend to have worse work-life balance.—
Julie Beck,
The Atlantic,
14 Aug. 2025
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That doesn’t mean Disney and Pixar are waving the white flag of surrender and banishing original storytelling to the hinterlands.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
24 June 2025
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Ankara sees the South Caucasus as part of its strategic hinterland and views normalization with Armenia as a way to help shape, not dominate, the postconflict order.—
Zaur Shiriyev,
Foreign Affairs,
26 May 2025
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Whether pole or bush, these beans stand apart from the ordinary green kind.—
Sheri Castle,
Southern Living,
21 Aug. 2025
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Eventually, Gracie lost his scent, but somewhere along the way, the report said, the K-9 team found Hardin’s homemade badge hanging on a bush.—
Amanda Musa,
CNN Money,
18 Aug. 2025
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With its young demographics, increasing digital penetration, and culture deeply tied to combat sports, Africa represents a frontier where MMA could flourish on a scale few other sports can match.—
Sindiswa Mabunda,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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About two minutes in, a chunk of Ship's skirt — the basal part near its engine bay — broke apart, sending debris floating into the final frontier.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Similarly, in Anhui Province in eastern China, the city of Hefei has transformed from a poor backwater into a crucial hub for the electric vehicle industry.—
Damien Ma,
Foreign Affairs,
1 July 2025
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The weather service said backwater flooding along the Little Miami, Great Miami and Licking rivers will also result in road closures.—
Quinlan Bentley,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Apr. 2025
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Brothers Nathan and Bub Bright meet for the first time in months at the remote fence line separating their cattle ranches in the lonely outback.—
Kris Slugg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Aug. 2025
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Australian outback Woodlands dirt road, Gascoyne, Western Australia - Jul 28, 2017.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 July 2025
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“Up-country.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/up-country. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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