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Recent Examples of Blighty
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.
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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
Taylor Tomlinson will host After Midnight, the show that is replacing The Late Late Show now that James Corden has scarpered off to old Blighty.
—Vulture, 1 Nov. 2023
Indeed, Blighty’s inward investment drum has been beating long and loudly with a focus on studios and streamers, who drove a majority of the U.K.’s near £5 billion ($6 billion) of qualifying film and High End TV productions in 2022.
—Angus Finney, Variety, 30 Oct. 2023
To really hammer home how far old Blighty has come, Netflix cut a trailer with voice over by Claire Foy, Olivia Colman and Imelda Staunton as every version of Queen Elizabeth II the show has deployed.
—Vulture, 9 Oct. 2023
The big event might be over in Old Blighty, but don’t feel forlorn, royal-lovers.
—Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
Not far away is an earlier housing development that is even more redolent of Blighty: Foxhall Village.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2022
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
Taylor Tomlinson will host After Midnight, the show that is replacing The Late Late Show now that James Corden has scarpered off to old Blighty.
—Vulture, 1 Nov. 2023
Indeed, Blighty’s inward investment drum has been beating long and loudly with a focus on studios and streamers, who drove a majority of the U.K.’s near £5 billion ($6 billion) of qualifying film and High End TV productions in 2022.
—Angus Finney, Variety, 30 Oct. 2023
To really hammer home how far old Blighty has come, Netflix cut a trailer with voice over by Claire Foy, Olivia Colman and Imelda Staunton as every version of Queen Elizabeth II the show has deployed.
—Vulture, 9 Oct. 2023
The big event might be over in Old Blighty, but don’t feel forlorn, royal-lovers.
—Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
Not far away is an earlier housing development that is even more redolent of Blighty: Foxhall Village.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Blighty
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Other countries, such as Ethiopia, Lebanon and Syria were added more recently.Hamed Aleaziz, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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More than a dozen countries, including India, Canada, Australia, and Taiwan, have already blocked or restricted TikTok.Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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For the company’s international talent, this is especially significant, as their friends and families and hometown fans will now have much greater access to their work.Jamie Lang, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025
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Oh, but James, Lars, Kirk and Robert weren’t about to forget their hometown fans and finally announced Metallica M72 Tour dates at Levi’s Stadium.Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2025
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As pointed out by the Every newsletter, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) has a process for retiring old country code domains within five years (with the possibility for extensions).Emma Roth, The Verge, 8 Oct. 2024
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Hume then guided him to a beautiful spot situated on an old country road where he was placed back-to-back with Richards, who was also blindfolded.Skyler Caruso, People.com, 14 Oct. 2024
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“Blighty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Blighty. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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