backwoods
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In the 2009 film “Get Low,” he was a backwoods hermit who staged his own funeral.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026
A hiker who was lost in the backwoods of British Columbia for more than five weeks has been found alive.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2024
Rust Cohle slow dances with murmurings about Carcosa in Season 1, and the anthology’s creator Nic Pizzolatto spiced up the mystique by depositing backwoods fetishes near crime scenes.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2024
Doing so doesn’t require traipsing into the backwoods of Louisiana listening for a double-knock call that may never come.
From Slate ● May 27, 2023
Even good old Earl Shaffer ended up as a recluse in the backwoods of Pennsylvania.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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