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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Podunk
Noun
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Adding to its appeal are expansive views of the Lake, the Sierra Nevada Mountain range, and the iconic Shakespeare Rock monolith, the backdrop for this awe-inspiring hamlet.—
Jim Dobson,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025 -
Fire Island, just off the hamlet Sayville on New York’s Long Island, has long been considered a gay paradise.—
Elyssa Goodman,
Them.,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Then, Swiss colonists settled in the village of Shabo and started a movement toward quality vineyard plantings and management and higher-quality winemaking, and that was the very beginning of the SHABO legacy.—
Cathrine Todd,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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The backstory of the new Big Bad Wolf takes riders into a bustling Bavarian village during the eerily quiet Festival of the Silent Bells, the annual event that honors the haunting history of a terrifying wolf attack 41 years ago when the original coaster opened.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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 30 Apr. 2025.
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