open country
Example Sentences
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That changed around 2008 or 2009, when the horses began lingering at lower elevations, where the open country makes it difficult for lions to hunt.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025
Wolves hunting in packs prefer open country where they can outrun, tire, and surround their prey.
From National Geographic • Aug. 25, 2023
“South Korea isn’t really an open country that easily gives out permanent residency status, and those who receive that status after a certain period are already blended into their local communities as residents,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2022
“This time around the Ukrainians will need to be moving in open country where they can easily be spotted,” said Jack Watling of the London-based Royal United Services Institute.
From Washington Post • Apr. 9, 2022
I still have a copy of that tape and until recently I’d listen to it occasionally driving out in the open country on a drizzly day.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
