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My Grandma immigrated from the old country: now Croatia.
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Terry Pluto, cleveland, 1 Jan. 2023
In those years, Grief had become a peculiar relation from the old country, one who kept apart and spoke another language.
—Kathy Flann, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
For decades, The Venetian became a social hub for local Italian-Americans and others who wanted authentic food from the old country.
—Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 21 Nov. 2022
Go holiday shopping in the old country, sample dark ales, listen to princesses or a jazz artist sing and pick out a Christmas tree or ornaments.
—John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 24 Nov. 2022
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Terry Pluto, cleveland, 1 Jan. 2023
In those years, Grief had become a peculiar relation from the old country, one who kept apart and spoke another language.
—Kathy Flann, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
For decades, The Venetian became a social hub for local Italian-Americans and others who wanted authentic food from the old country.
—Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 21 Nov. 2022
Go holiday shopping in the old country, sample dark ales, listen to princesses or a jazz artist sing and pick out a Christmas tree or ornaments.
—John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 24 Nov. 2022
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Budding DJs can choose from one of five double-sided records in a rainbow of colors and musical styles: country, hip-hop, pop, mindfulness, and kids’ classics.Pamela Brill, Parents, 24 Oct. 2024
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His efforts have been challenged by weak consumer sentiment in countries including the US and China.Owen Tripp, Fortune Europe, 24 Oct. 2024
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The goal was to immerse students in McMurtry's hometown and encourage them to find a story to tell in the town of about 1,500 people.Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
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Netflix released a concert film this week of Rodrigo's stop in her hometown of Los Angeles at the Intuit Dome.Jessica Wang, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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More than 100 stalls sell their wares at Plaza Mayor Christmas Market, welcoming travelers in to peruse nativity scene figures, children’s toys, and playful trinkets to take home.Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2024
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There’s a very good setpiece involving an out of control golf cart and a large-scale nativity scene.Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2024
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Their speeches were now peppered with professions of faith in the nation, in Magyar tradition, in the homeland, in national interests, in respectability, in middle-class values, in the family, in love of the mother country.PAUL LENDVAI, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2019
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Korea, director Bong’s mother country, was our first choice in terms of where to debut the film.Patrick Frater, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
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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
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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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“Old country.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/old%20country. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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