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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Podunk
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Friday's decision also marks the next step in a national culture-wars battle over library materials that has rocked the country — and rural communities like Llano, a Texas Hill Country hamlet 75 miles northwest of Austin — since 2020.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025 -
For a break, stop in Field, a mountain hamlet of fewer than 200 residents located within the park.—
Jenny Wisniewski,
USA Today,
26 July 2025
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Keep reading for a full review of The Brecon in the Swiss Alpine village of Adelboden.—
Becky Sunshine,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Aug. 2025
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To make things even better, the researchers are trying to combine the GPS tracking data with high-resolution images from Airbus' Pleiades Neo satellites to understand why and when the elephants visit villages and farms.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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What was once just a sleepy little ‘cow town’ in Central California, has now become one of the trendiest wine regions to visit, along with national wine sales that are outperforming the rest of the market.—
Liz Thach,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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If Great Bend failed to achieve the notoriety of Dodge City or other cow towns, Moses’s fellow citizens gave him much of the credit.—
Katy Roberts,
Washington Post,
29 July 2024
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“Podunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Podunk. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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