New Country

British

noun

a style of country music that emerged in the late 1980s characterized by a more contemporary sound and down-to-earth rather than sentimental lyrics

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Polk brushed aside the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War and secured land rights and American citizenship for Mexicans who decided to stay in their new country.

From Los Angeles Times

To provide electricity, said the visitors—a proud new project for an independent new country!

From Literature

"We inherited a country which was completely destroyed and we're working on laws to renew and adapt a new country - so it's taking time."

From BBC

"I was just starting my adult life when suddenly we had to pack everything up and move to a new country with no idea whether we would ever return home or even whether our home would still exist."

From BBC

“We’re in a whole new country, but we feel safe because we see something that we’re familiar with,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal

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