boonies
Example Sentences
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And though the rights holders eventually backed out of the venture, and all but three of the songs were discarded, the interbred DNA of Broadway and the boonies lives on.
From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2023
Nam: It was a massive compound way out in the boonies!
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2021
Isolated in the boonies with only the housekeeper to talk to, the governess longs to do something meaningful with her life and to be seen in full by the man she admires.
From Slate • Oct. 9, 2020
In contrast, New York and other older Eastern cities were already overflowing, and courses had to be built in the boonies.
From Golf Digest • Apr. 17, 2020
You had to be away from the boonies for three, maybe four days before you felt rested.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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