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compatriot

[kuhm-pay-tree-uht, -pa-] / kəmˈpeɪ tri ət, -ˈpæ- /
NOUN
fellow countryman/countrywoman
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China's world number 85 Wang Xiyu fought back to stun the top seed 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, and will play compatriot Zhang Shuai for the title.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

"You can lose or win any match regardless of rankings or how you're playing at the moment," said Linn Grant, Stark's Swedish compatriot who has missed the cut in five of her past six events.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

It remains to be seen how Shelton will recover for the semi-final against Tiafoe, who completed a remarkable comeback from two sets and a break down to beat compatriot Alex Michelsen.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Francis Ford Coppola decamped there to write his script for “The Godfather,” and it’s where his compatriot George Lucas conjured up the “Star Wars” universe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

He looked a great deal as his compatriot must have looked when he saw the promised land.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

Spending her Saturday not in uniform but in a T-shirt and jeans, she would like to enjoy a coffee outside -- and resents that her more religious compatriots think otherwise.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

But Romero said he, like many of his compatriots, is in the dark over the objectives of the negotiations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

The ninth seed is the third Czech champion in the past four years at the All England Club, after victories for compatriots Marketa Vondrousova and Barbora Krejcikova in 2023 and 2024 respectively.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

He was a top British junior but chose to sharpen his game for three years in the U.S. collegiate system at Stanford, as many of his compatriots have done.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

Perhaps just as important, Stalin and his compatriots found the prospect of “shattering” and “retraining” genes via shock therapy satisfying ideologically.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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