countryman
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Like many, Federer was disappointed that his about-to-retire countryman, Stan Wawrinka, didn’t receive a wild card to play the tournament.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Slot blocked out the noise, turning to his countryman Ryan Gravenberch, something of an under-achiever under Klopp, to take the "number 6" role designated for Zubimendi.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
Rushing said he already had checked with Lee’s South Korean countryman, Dodgers infielder Hyeseong Kim.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
Canadian Jeremy Hansen is among the four-person crew, what astronaut and fellow countryman Joshua Kutryk called "a very big deal."
From Barron's ● Mar. 31, 2026
He noted the faces of the men and women following the dead countryman.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
As a traveler, he was straining for an ideal, something still unrealized, that would inspire his countrymen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
“Maybe this will be the last year we visit,” she said of her countrymen generally.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
"That's a wrap on Manila. Thank you for welcoming me, my countrymen," she said in an Instagram story.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
The Algerians had the better music, but the Austrians were more committed—belting “I Am From Austria” for what felt like hours, swaths of my wife’s countrymen in full voice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
But if Dvorak’s teaching methods raised eyebrows among his adopted countrymen, his own American compositions were to prove even more controversial.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
