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The stories of Clark, Willingham and others brought institutional betrayal painfully close: the place where you hoped to learn, belong and flourish can become another place entirely, one where you must fight to be heard.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
The photographs on the sites are often stock images or, in at least one case, belong to a different British entrepreneur.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
“It’s also a way for them to prove they belong in the space and prove they’re knowledgeable. But that won’t help them build trust.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
“We believe in two things: that everybody’s capable and that we belong to each other. That’s been our message for 40 years and it’s a message for the modern Olympiad too.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Mrs. Wendleken said this act didn’t belong in the talent show because it didn’t have anything to do with human talent.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
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In a statement, Comey's lawyers said: "This hard-earned victory belongs to Ms Comey, to all civil servants, and to all fighting for the rule of law."
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
George belongs to a support group of black officers, suffers through unsatisfying relationships and ends up marrying a white woman he feels is his ideal partner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
If it’s not his career-best work, it belongs in the conversation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Their exit is a surrender charge, and the door they would knock on belongs to the same people who made the loans.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
Although Kaiona belongs to the Wai‘anae Mountains, I know that there’s another ‘iwa here, one that’s been visiting me.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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Your childhood home, legally and morally, belonged to your father.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
But it was a Pyrrhic victory, for the court also ruled that the sole authority to determine apportionment belonged to the federal government, via the secretary of the Interior.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Thames Valley Police feared Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor might have tried to stop officers entering his home in Sandringham by saying it belonged to the King, according to legal documents.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
The biggest specimen belonged to a Tennessee bottlebrush crayfish preserved in the collection at West Liberty University in West Virginia.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
Did all that mean she belonged at Sandy June’s more than me?
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Yet dwarf reedsnakes belonging to the genus Pseudorabdion have found a way around these limitations.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
All five are now listed as belonging to Mahan Air, according to a database by aviation website Planespotters.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Serbian authorities subsequently arrested seven suspects, including a dual Russian-Serbian citizen, accused of belonging to an organized group that procured and stored explosives and drones before shipping them into EU countries, Serbian prosecutors said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Spreads belonging to some of the riskiest corporate bonds have surged, while spreads for other, less-risky cohorts of the corporate credit market haven’t seen nearly as much stress.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
To return to the safety of their belonging to each other.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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