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belong

[bih-lawng, -long] / bɪˈlɔŋ, -ˈlɒŋ /




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Romanian President Nicusor Dan condemned the incident, while Ukraine informed Romania that the naval drone did not belong to them.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

However, other properties are seen in the couple’s social media posts, although it’s unclear whether these belong to Pratt and Schwarzenegger or are instead the homes of their friends and loved ones.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

It’s unclear whether the remains belong to a man or woman, authorities said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

It would take time, however, to determine who they were, as the commission will need to ascertain whether the identity tags and Kuban shield actually belong to the two soldiers found.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

Instead, I survey the living room, looking for something that used to belong to Dad.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

"Mainly the aggression towards Greenland has caused great concern in Iceland and caused many people here to pause and reassess where Iceland belongs."

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

It's hard to to imagine what kind of people would sell the sport that belongs to everyone.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

Schools across the country are already wrestling with how much artificial intelligence belongs in education.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2026

The fossil belongs to Dendrocrinus simcoensis and preserves its tube feet, delicate structures that almost never survive fossilization.

From Science Daily Aug. 21, 2026

Reverend Hunt says we will travel right past Florida without stopping because it belongs to the Spanish.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

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

“I knew I belonged, and I knew I was going to do well,” Miles said earlier this season.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

The prosecutor's initial assessment was that the body belonged to a young woman, but more tests were needed to confirm who it was.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

I could tell by the color that it belonged to one of the guards.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

Theater, in other words, that was creating a sense of belonging and not simply stoking an appetite for consuming.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Warehouses belonging to Russia's second-largest online retailer have been hit by a wave of Ukrainian drone strikes.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

The study also found that medications belonging to the same drug class did not necessarily affect the microbiome in the same way.

From Science Daily Aug. 24, 2026

Ahead of the meeting, Ukraine has forged ahead with its campaign against Russia's logistics sites, hitting multiple warehouses belonging to e-commerce giant Ozon.

From Barron's Aug. 23, 2026

Early this morning a large dog, a half-bred mastiff belonging to a coal merchant close to Tate Hill Pier, was found dead in the roadway opposite to its master’s yard.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker




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