hometown
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But the plans were abandoned, with analysts observing that neither company’s hometown wanted to yield primacy to the other.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
It’s not just about a count of hometown players.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
“That was the last time I ever saw her,” Acton told the Vindicator, her hometown newspaper in Youngstown, when she was selected by DeWine as the state’s health director.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
In Collins's hometown of Caribou, brewery owner and Collins supporter Shawn Pelletier said the senator does face "a lot of headwind."
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
She says, “Jessie always says she’s like the hometown girl over there.”
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
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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
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
Some jeepney drivers told the BBC they might go back to their hometowns to look for other jobs.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 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
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