hometown

Tech hubs across the border in mainland China, such as Alibaba's hometown of Hangzhou, are expanding far faster, spurred by AI investors such as Deepseek and Unitree Robotics.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

Drolma grew up in Gyalthang, or Zhongdian in Chinese, as her hometown was known before local officials rebranded it Shangri-La in 2001 to lure tourists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

In and around his hometown of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in the western state of Maharashtra, Dipke is routinely thronged by people wanting to shake his hand or take a photo.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Any success they achieved rubbed off on my hometown, as it did during that magical 2002 run.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

It said that he was a poor representative of his hometown and a disgrace to the veterans who supported their games.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi

None of their hometowns are closer than 2,199 miles from UCLA’s campus, with the farthest 3,010 miles away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Since that $26 million refusal, Bare and Huddleston, two self-described “country hicks,” have become polarizing heroes of the rural campaign against the AI technology rewiring geopolitics, the economy—and now hometowns like theirs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

Eleven of those who died have been buried at the monastery, while the bodies of the others have been returned to their hometowns for burial, according to Megabe.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Since all three of us were originally from Philadelphia, we shared stories about how most people don’t know a real Philly cheesesteak when they eat one in their hometowns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

I knew there were other senators with spouses who chose to live in their hometowns rather than in D.C.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama