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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
Noun
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Leaders must speak out and condemn the fomenting violent extremism that threatens everything this country stands for.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
15 June 2025
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Military celebrations in the US and Germany reflected the two countries’ changing relationship to their respective armed forces.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
15 June 2025
Noun
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The Cowboy Carter Tour is set to return to this side of the Atlantic on June 28 with back-to-back shows in her hometown of Houston, Texas.—
Glenn Rowley,
Billboard,
6 June 2025
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Accounts of their conversation appeared in The New York Times, Life magazine and local newspapers near his hometown of Abilene, Kansas.—
Bill Swank,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 June 2025
Noun
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So much of our growth is on the outward fringes, like far north Fort Worth, where old country roads can’t handle all our suburban SUVs.—
Matt Leclercq,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 2025
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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
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“Blighty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Blighty. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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