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bucolic

[byoo-kol-ik] / byuˈkɒl ɪk /
ADJECTIVE
rural or rustic
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Before it had just been one big, bouncy blue and orange Macy’s balloon, streetwise New York City behaving like some bucolic basketball Mayberry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Jo is thinking warm, bucolic thoughts as she observes the ragtag procession.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 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

Mr. Weir’s lead vocals had the bucolic appeal of freshly cut hay.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

At home, he and Oppenheimer would take long walks around Berkeley and into the bucolic woods of Northern California.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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