belonging
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Her ex-fiancé feared that the same person would continue to “misappropriate” items belonging to the actor’s estate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Fraternities enroll men who have already decided they want to join single-sex organizations for friendship, belonging and status.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
He added that 27 air strikes had targeted an "integrated military system" belonging to the Houthis in Taiz.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
A church bell can sound within earshot of a mosque's call to prayer; a shrine belonging to one faith can draw followers of another.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Complicating matters, the FBI had just discovered that the hundred-dollar bills found in the burglars’ pockets had all been withdrawn from a bank account belonging to the Committee to Reelect the President.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
At the time, it was unclear whose belongings were being transported.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
Security footage allegedly shows a man believed to be the suspect entering the hotel with the woman and leaving alone with her belongings.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
The all-clear sounds at 2:27 a.m., and people along the platform begin to pack up their belongings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
She returned when Ross was not home to gather her belongings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
In the spring of 1685, Maria put most of her belongings in storage, renounced the world—including her increasingly distant husband—and bumped over rutted roads to the flat, open moors of Friesland in the northern Netherlands.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
