belong
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I lived at the Chateau Marmont for the better part of three years, then I bought an apartment in New York and went back to where I really belong.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
You don’t own a boat or belong to an expensive country club, and you have $4 million in investments waiting for you to tap.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
She also referenced the chorus of criticism that many homes along California's coast belong to the wealthy or are second homes, and that they never should've been built on such a vulnerable landscape.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
The results showed that the species does not belong to any previously recognized coral family.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
A golden necklace with a cross that does not belong to me has been artfully draped on the bureau next to a pair of demure white gloves and a jar of cold cream.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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Taken together, the mental hospital hoax belongs to the same family of attacks.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026
He belongs to a generation too young to have experienced the vibrant cultural scene that teemed in Havana for decades.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
The organism at the center of the discovery belongs to a group of protists called ciliates.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
The reality is that Haaland no longer belongs just to Norway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Now it belongs to the Germans, confiscated for their Fatherland.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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The minister said nearly 75 percent of Turkey's auto production belonged to European companies and the continent's auto manufacturers have been making cars in the country since 1971.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
It belonged to Hsuan-An Pan, who was with her golden retriever, Theo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Jay McGraw was doing “The Doctors” over at Paramount and the suit belonged to one of the doctors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
The bones appear to have belonged to a fully grown animal.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
It was the proper response, mind you, quite customary to the particular warrior clan to which Major Puff belonged.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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He lives with his wife and their three children, aged four, seven and eight, in a flat belonging to the Madrid regional government's social housing agency that they occupy without authorisation.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Regional tensions remained elevated after Saudi Arabia’s Energy Ministry said a building belonging to Saudi Aramco in Dhahran was targeted Tuesday evening.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Researchers recognised the elephant as a female who had lost a calf several years earlier and said she had previously picked up dead calves belonging to other females.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Most of these finds were identified as belonging to known species named from neighboring South Africa.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
I find myself humming it, even tho it don’t have a tune, trying to get that feeling of connectedness, of belonging, of having someone there to say that you’re Here.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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