belong
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In California, the proposed changes would cover the more than 85 nonprofit colleges and universities that belong to the Assn. of Independent California Colleges and Universities, among them Stanford and USC.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Almost 80% of Liechtenstein's population of about 41,000 people belong to the Roman Catholic Church which is opposed to abortion.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
By determining which frogs belong to which species and mapping where they occur, the researchers have also created a stronger scientific basis for conservation in Madagascar, where many forests are rapidly disappearing.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
It’s about how to fight with those you want to belong to.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
“I don’t have anyone. I belong with my sister.”
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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"I know how you feel: sadness, anger, and that all-too-familiar unease in our history, because someone decides what belongs to us, in our name, without taking us into account," she said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
“Because of its history, Volkswagen also belongs to us, the employees.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
“The real question is whether the market evidence verifies that this particular property belongs there,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
He belongs out there no more than Kiké Hernandez does.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
“But my heart already belongs to Llama. We’ve been married since day one.”
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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U.S. officials said the rocket launchers that were struck belonged to the Revolutionary Guards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
The researchers concluded that all three belonged to a primitive stem lineage of insects.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
It was a strange little society of meats that belonged neither behind the butcher counter nor among the premium lunch meats — the thin-sliced turkey in its tidy package, the glossy hunk of honey ham.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
The defense claimed that kidney test evidence produced at the trial belonged to Maradona's father, also named Diego, who died in 2015, not the star of the 1986 World Cup.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
“The plane belonged to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Name of the pilot was withheld.”
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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"Life-saving equipment, including a lifeboat belonging to the Tugberk Imamoglu which had 10 crew members on board, has been found at sea. Unfortunately, the crew members were not inside," it said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Shuttle tankers belonging to Middle East state-controlled oil companies are hauling crude from the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz and into the Gulf of Oman.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
The researchers used analytical techniques first developed by their team in 2024 to identify the footprints as belonging to Paranthropus boisei.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
Students will visit Halsey’s South L.A. sculpture garden, “sister dreamer, lauren halsey’s architectural ode to tha surge n splurge of south central los angeles,” to explore themes of neighborhood, memory and belonging.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Interspersed with plundered foil bags that once contained frozen seeds, personal belonging bags hang from metal brackets like a file cabinet.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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