compatriot
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China's reigning champion Zhao Xintong defeated compatriot Ding Junhui 13-9 in a high-quality encounter to move into the 2026 World Championship quarter-finals.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026
"My son went to Donetsk while his compatriot was sent elsewhere in the Donbas," he told AFP.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
But Hansen saw in his compatriot much of what he aspired to be: a fighter pilot and an astronaut.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
Many hope to follow in the footsteps of their compatriot Awar Odhiang, who went from a refugee camp in Ethiopia to closing Chanel's Paris Fashion Week show last year.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 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
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