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They lost at home to the Houston Texans, 44-22, absorbing their most lopsided loss before a half-filled SoFi Stadium, where the get-in ticket prices last week dipped below $15 on the secondary market.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
At home, when he was charged with babysitting his little brother, he’d enlist the smaller boy in elaborate role-playing schemes of his own devising.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
When Olson first bought his funeral home 25 years ago, it had two chapels.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2026
The basilica is home to a shrine linked to Uruguay's fight for independence from Spanish colonial rule.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
After we clock out and head home, I try again.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
It acquired rental homes, warehouses and other properties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
There were about 19,000 funeral homes operating nationwide as of 2025, according to the NFDA.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2026
To date, about 1,500 homes across nine sites have been delivered, with more currently under construction.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
Locals complain about elephants trampling crops and homes, and about crocodiles attacking people who go to rivers to wash or fish.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
Many people feared they might be trapped in their homes if conditions worsened, so they opted to leave instead.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
The paper's cartoon has also homed in on skyrocketing fuel costs, joking that staff at the pump "don't care what diesel cost when you started driving".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
After the authorities homed in on Grant, Goldberg said, “a light bulb” went off in his head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
In a conversation with the Bulwark’s Tim Miller immediately following Spanberger’s response, Buttigieg pointed out Americans’ anxieties surrounding affordability and homed in on a way to call out the GOP’s hypocrisy.
From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2026
That echoed a similar retreat in software stocks that took shape last week after investors homed in on Anthropic’s announcement that it was adding new legal tools to its Cowork assistant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
Lommy had named him the Bull, on account of this homed helm he had that he polished all the time but never wore.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
"Rich pickings", reads the headline of the Sunday People, homing in on campaigners who argue that a wealth tax "could help so many".
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
“Buyers from around the country — especially Texas, Vegas, Arizona and L.A. — are homing in on Orange County.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Scientists have long known that homing pigeons and migratory birds use Earth's magnetic field as one of several tools for navigation.
From Science Daily ● May 31, 2026
Researchers are homing in on every part of the construction process, from the emissions produced by cement mixing to the impact of shipping materials to a job site—for example, steel beams coming from Pennsylvania.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Like other species of salmon, the Coho has a strong homing instinct, returning to its natal stream.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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