antipodean

Example Sentences

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For decades it had loyal customers overseas - old friends from the UK and the US partial to an antipodean drop.

From BBC

It was a tough competition and only a complex election system allowed the big flightless parrot to triumph over its closest rival, the antipodean albatross.

From BBC

The leader was the antipodean albatross, an endangered seabird that is often caught up in the lines used by commercial fishing boats to catch tuna and swordfish.

From New York Times

Hooper, a lauded investigative writer and gothic novelist, has been described as an “antipodean Joan Didion,” but Australia has its own tradition of evocative reportage that excavates the human from the inhuman.

From New York Times

The dollar remained locked in a narrow range at 107.49 yen, but the yen rose against the euro and the antipodean currencies on increased safe-haven demand.

From Reuters