countryman
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His countryman, Heart of Midlothian head coach Wouter Vrancken, was "confident" there would be a few players from the Tynecastle club included.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
The fight was at T-Mobile Arena, where Garcia won the crown in February with a unanimous decision victory over US countryman Mario Barrios.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
Fifteen assists and five goals during his time in the Bundesliga meant that comparisons with countryman Yan Diomande at RB Leipzig were inevitable.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
And it seems unfair to leave out Alain Delon’s Italian “Zorro” of 1975, if only because his countryman Jean Dujardin is now making our hero available in French.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
The various declination of the needle under different meridians was first discovered by Sebastian Cabbott, and its inclination to the nearer pole by our countryman Robert Norman.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
The couple from Florida was nearing the end of a 10-day island-hop around Greece, one of their first without kids—and they had plenty of company from their countrymen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
All call for their countrymen to fight against tyranny.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
The new decor, by comparison, suggests its countrymen eat cake.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
The 24-year-old from Northern Italy is now a heavy favorite to make it five titles in a row this week in front of his countrymen in Rome.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
“You must miss them. One misses one’s countrymen and espe-cially one’s countrywomen. I know that experience. Should we play or are you too tired?”
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
