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bucolic

[byoo-kol-ik] / byuˈkɒl ɪk /
ADJECTIVE
rural or rustic
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Jo is thinking warm, bucolic thoughts as she observes the ragtag procession.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

By contrast, “Shard II” is austere and cinematic, with Mr. Gilmore’s tom-toms—both live and reproduced—gently underpinning bucolic keyboards from Mr. Moran.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

I grew up in Pittsfield, Mass., a bucolic, General Electric factory city.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Al-Qadri, 81, had seen the bucolic mountains here turn into a battlefield since Israel’s creation in 1948.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

In their wake fell a strange and bucolic calm, as if it were just another summer day, and nothing out of the ordinary had happened.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs




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