compatriot
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During this tournament, Simon has surpassed Walter Zenga's mark of 517 consecutive minutes without conceding for Italy, as well as his compatriot Iker Casillas' benchmark of 476.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Versus Norway, it wasn’t Mbappé, but compatriot Ousmane Dembélé who piled on the scoring with a first-half hat trick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Kang, who also owns women's teams Washington Spirit in the United States and London City Lionesses in England, took over as club president from compatriot Textor in June 2025.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
It means her compatriot Leylah Fernandez and Germany's Laura Siegemund, who they were scheduled to face in the doubles on Thursday evening, advance to the semi-finals.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
He looked a great deal as his compatriot must have looked when he saw the promised land.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
The ninth seed is the third Czech champion in the past four years at the All England Club, after victories for compatriots Marketa Vondrousova and Barbora Krejcikova in 2023 and 2024 respectively.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
On Friday, Sept. 10, 1976, a Croat named Zvonko Bušić, his wife, Julienne, and three compatriots boarded a plane bound for Chicago.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
I mean the bit about relying on the collective nobility of our compatriots.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
Many Haitian players are from the country's diaspora -- a makeup that reflects what many compatriots are experiencing, said Brooklyn-based Haitian artist Lyne Lucien.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
He did not understand the laughter of his compatriots or their ease or anything else about them.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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