across the pond
idiom
informal
: the other side of the Atlantic Ocean
They moved here from across the pond.
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The latest live release from the Rolling Stones starts its time in the same position on a pair of purchase-centric tallies across the pond.
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
But reviews from across the pond have been (mostly) positive for this adventure comedy, which focuses on Paddington’s return to his homeland of Peru with the Brown family to visit his Aunt Lucy.
—Ben Rosenstock, TIME, 19 Dec. 2024
Thanks to Watts, those of us who can’t pop across the pond can still surround ourselves with the Eastnor look through the transportive power of textiles.
—Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 17 Dec. 2024
Fifteen years later, artist Dorothy Darnell had a similar experience across the pond while visiting Jane Austen’s former home in Chawton, Hampshire, where Austen wrote all six of her novels during the last eight years of her life.
—Cornelia Powers, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
But reviews from across the pond have been (mostly) positive for this adventure comedy, which focuses on Paddington’s return to his homeland of Peru with the Brown family to visit his Aunt Lucy.
—Ben Rosenstock, TIME, 19 Dec. 2024
Thanks to Watts, those of us who can’t pop across the pond can still surround ourselves with the Eastnor look through the transportive power of textiles.
—Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 17 Dec. 2024
Fifteen years later, artist Dorothy Darnell had a similar experience across the pond while visiting Jane Austen’s former home in Chawton, Hampshire, where Austen wrote all six of her novels during the last eight years of her life.
—Cornelia Powers, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Across the pond.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/across%20the%20pond. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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