homey
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Her role as a Fullerton resident is also homey for Pfeiffer, a Fountain Valley High alum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
At Beğendik Abi, Handan Kaygusuzer’s homey, traditional cooking has added to the Turkish coastal town of Urla’s reputation as a hot spot for gastronomy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
"Calgary, where I'm from, feels a little less like homey than LA," McRae said.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026
The homey feeling they shared was supported by a band that has the stylistic grace of a well-honed orchestra.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025
In the United States they include major corporations famous for their homey domestic manufactures.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Can't dis the rockers 'cause they're my homeys.
From Time Magazine Archive
And I talk to the other homeys, too-when I see them.
From Time Magazine Archive
I know about five homeys that went through almost the exact same scenario last week!
From Time Magazine Archive
I try to come to Colorado as much as I can just to visit fam and roll with the homeys 'n' junk.
From Time Magazine Archive
When I got on the court my homeys started whooping.
From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers
“Was I supposed to call my homies like Sara Bareilles and say, ‘Hey, do you want to come play here?’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2025
“It’s dedicated to the homies that passed away. It’s dedicated to everyone who’s part of this or however you want to put it. For me, it’s dedicated to this city.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2024
UAW counsel Benjamin Dictor on Sunday morning posted on the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter: "All my homies hate companies that won't agree to fair contracts for their workers."
From Reuters ● Oct. 29, 2023
It’s a place where I run into a bunch of my homies all the time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
“I got some new li’l homies running with me now,” says Scrap.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
Battery-operated wall sconces, she says, are another inexpensive addition that can make an apartment feel homier.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026
Knowing that the cake everyone in film and TV craves to receive from Cruise is a Bundt, one of the simpler, homier goodies of the baking world, adds to its mystery.
From Salon ● May 7, 2024
The softer light makes even the sparest of holiday décor feel homier.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
The announcement shines a brighter spotlight on Biden’s Wilmington house, where he regularly spends the weekends and where he finds more freedom and a homier atmosphere than at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2023
In time the place was homier than his own room at the Y. “How ’bout a corn muffin?” said Grayson, choosing something easy on his bad teeth and aching gums.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
And homiest of all is the shop’s impressive, one might even say fanatical, collection of those aforementioned typewriters.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
The homiest of the lot are “Northwest,” an ode to the PNW, and a loving number about Clark’s grandmother titled “She Smoked in the House.”
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2023
Dasani’s housefather tries to soften the landing by making his homiest dish — lasagna.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2021
In a trolley car that is rumored to have driven the capital’s streets between 1894 and 1912, Luxury Diner serves the city’s heartiest and homiest breakfast and lunch.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 10, 2019
"Viamede is almost an earthly paradise, but Ion is the homiest home of the two."
From Elsie's Kith and Kin by Martha Finley
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