boondocks
Example Sentences
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“I thought I was about as far out in the boondocks as you could get.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Maybe this special group moves "off the grid" into the boondocks where they could text and drive without fear of oversight.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2023
Suddenly not among the moneyed class, she hustled herself through the redbrick boondocks of the University of Vermont.
From The Verge ● May 12, 2021
Washington plays Joe “Deke” Deacon, a sheriff’s deputy in the boondocks north of Los Angeles, from where he was drummed out of the L.A.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 26, 2021
Michael Dukakis never heard that sound, and even if he had he probably would have dismissed it as some silly tribal rite practiced in the American boondocks by people who made no difference.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
