across the pond
idiom
informal
: the other side of the Atlantic Ocean
They moved here from across the pond.
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In President-elect Trump, these ascendant insurgents across the pond see a key ally, someone who shares their mix of authoritarianism, populism and extreme hostility to immigration.
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Alexander Smith, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
Jackson’s single also manages to return to two other charts across the pond, though not at new highs.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
That's because ever since career foreign service officer Kate Wyler (Russell) took the job as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom amid a crisis for our friends across the pond, things have gone from bad to worse.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
The British production company, which released a series of horror movies in the late ‘50s and ‘60s that would rival their counterparts across the pond, cast Christopher Lee as Dracula in a performance that makes Bela Lugosi look like Noferatu’s Count Orlok.
—James Grebey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
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Alexander Smith, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
Jackson’s single also manages to return to two other charts across the pond, though not at new highs.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
That's because ever since career foreign service officer Kate Wyler (Russell) took the job as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom amid a crisis for our friends across the pond, things have gone from bad to worse.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
The British production company, which released a series of horror movies in the late ‘50s and ‘60s that would rival their counterparts across the pond, cast Christopher Lee as Dracula in a performance that makes Bela Lugosi look like Noferatu’s Count Orlok.
—James Grebey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Across the pond.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/across%20the%20pond. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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