homeland
Example Sentences
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The fervent embrace of that word — “homeland” — should have been a clue that it was a feature, not a bug.
From Salon
Several reports claim that the athlete poured a lot of money into modernizing the pad, which is located in his homeland.
From MarketWatch
It was a humiliation for a regime that had invested so much of the country’s national wealth into a proxy network that was designed to deter exactly this sort of assault on the homeland.
London-based Chagossians have protested against the plan, saying they are being shut out of decisions about the future of their homeland.
From BBC
Separately, the US Southern Command announced on Wednesday that the defence and homeland security departments "apprehended a stateless, sanctioned dark fleet motor tanker without incident".
From BBC
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