Lucky Country
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Australia calls itself "the Lucky Country", he added.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2023
In his excoriating polemic, Horne noted: "Australia is a Lucky Country run mainly by second-rate people."
From BBC ● May 15, 2022
This is a big one for the host country, after a hard few years in the formerly Lucky Country.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 29, 2022
And he is optimistic that the interventions of the tech-friendly prime minister can only help Australia go from being the Lucky Country to one that makes its own luck.
From Economist ● Jan. 7, 2016
The fact that the book's title was ironic and that most people referring these days to Australia as The Lucky Country do so in a positive light, drove Horne round the bend.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2014
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